Proletariat

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 * Proletariat - Work to Live, Live to Work **

**History and Background ** **What is the Proleriat? **
 * Class in society which lives entirely from the sale of its labor
 * Does not draw profit from any kind of capital
 * Whose sole existence depends on the demand for labor
 * Work for the Bourgeoisie
 * Always under competition with others
 * The working class of the 19th century" (1).

** How did the Proletariat Originate? **
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 * Originated in the industrial revolution (1).
 * Originated from the idea of capitalism.
 * "In a communist country, all property – land, businesses and resources – is owned by the people through the government. The people work for the government and only receive parts of their productions of labor" (5)

** Difference between Proletariats and Serfs **

 * Serf enjoys the possession and use of an instrument of production, a piece of land, in exchange for which he hands over a part of his product or performs labour.
 * Proletarian works with the instruments of production of another for the account of this other, in exchange for a part of the product (1).

** Types of ** **Proletariat**
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 * Industrial - heart of working class, largest, most powerful
 * Agricultural - hired farm workers
 * Clerical - highly skilled, carried out many functions of management
 * Technical - health technician, special technical course (2).
 * Animals on //Animal Farm,// excluding the pigs and dogs, represents the proletariats.
 * New commandment: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" (p 92).
 * "All that year the animals worked like slaves" (p 42).
 * January, food fell short, so corn rations were reduced (p 51).
 * Potato was supposed to make up for it, but only few edible (p 52).
 * Another harsh winter - "Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs" (p 77).
 * Rations reduced if not enough food produced
 * Proletariat suffers
 * "He saw ahead of him the heavy labour of rebuilding the windmill from the foundations" (p 73).
 * "Boxer refused to take even a day off" (p 76).
 * Proletariat work to survive
 * Cannot afford to take day off
 * "The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill" (p 88).
 * Always had work to do
 * Work for rations and produce for the pigs and dogs living satisfaction.
 * "Neither pigs nor dogs produced any food by their own labour" (p 89).
 * Bourgeoisie survived off proletariats' production (2).

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