The Widening Gap between Bourgeoisie and Proletariat

The widening gap between Bourgeoisie and Proletariat.

In this essay I will outline the emerging difference between the very rich (Bourgeoisie) and the very poor (Proletariat) . In the Communist Manifesto, it describes these classes as one being superior over the other, or in other words, one class acting as the oppressor and the other acting as the oppressed. In society through the ages, it was classes fighting amongst themselves, but nowadays, its two classes separating further apart. The Bourgeoisie are simply, bosses, owners etc. They are earning buckets of money. On the other side, the Proletariat, are the poor people who are barely able to make a decent pay and somewhat are struggling to survive. They are working class people, but as new machines are being developed in the workplace, they are struggling to keep their jobs. I am going to reference my work from books and the internet as that they will be the assets in writing this essay. In today’s world, the Bourgeois would be like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. The Bourgeoisie has created massive cities, has greatly increased the urban population when compared to the rural, and has therefore rescued a considerable part of the population from the madness of rural life. For the Bourgeoisie, it must change constantly in the present in order to exploit the modern markets. As a result of their actions, every business if pressured into globalization, and if this is not done, then they fall behind. As a result, the Bourgeoisie ‘create the world after their own image’ (Karl Marx , 84). The proletarians are themselves commodities and are likewise subject to the changes of the market. And as with any other service, businesses want to minimize their cost of production, in this case, the wage that must be paid in order to make use of the worker's labour power. As slaves to their bourgeois superiors, the proletariat is in a constant state of resentment with the bourgeoisie. However, since there is so much of these workers, the rebellions that can be caused are terrifying the Bourgeoisie. However, since the Bourgeoisie is so powerful and since it provides the Proletarians with wages and working skills, their ambitious efforts of trying to destroy the Bourgeoisie prove unworthy. As a result it ensures the continuation that the Bourgeoisie are far more superior than their counter-parts. And as Karl Marx says "What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable" (Karl Marx, 94). During a lecture which was run by Kieran Keohane, we got to know the ‘Forbes’ rich list. But what was astonishing about this list was that there are more billionaires in the world then what there are very poor people. This just proves the point that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Unfortunately, as a result from, there is less money available for the working class people. This also means that the recession is hitting them harder than that of the Bourgeoisie. The proletarians are now struggling to make ends meet and also struggling to keep money coming into the family, which inevitably results in the loss of homes or in worst cases, the loss of families. However, just to show how dominant the Bourgeoisie are, the recession is nowhere near affecting them as badly as the Proletarians. Unfortunately, the gap is getting wider and wider between the Bourgeoisie and the Proletarians. As we can throughout the world, and this country included, the modern day Bourgeoisie are saving vast amount of expenses by hiring foreigners. For example, by providing numerous jobs for the Polish and Latvians in this country, as well as the Irish receiving plentiful jobs in the U.S. and Australia. Again, as a result, the ordinary working class people are suffering. The dole cues are expanding each day and it’s such a sad fact to see especially since there are so many wealthy businesses’ out there.