proletariátus

The proletariat is a socioeconomic class of people who do not own the means of production and are forced to sell their labor in order to earn a living. This class has traditionally been associated with industrial workers in capitalist societies, where people work for wages in factories and other industrial settings.

The concept of the proletariat was first developed by French philosopher Karl Marx and his colleague Friedrich Engels in the 19th century. According to Marx, the proletariat is a response to the alienation of workers in capitalist societies, where they are treated as commodities and their labor is exploited for the benefit of capitalists. Marx argued that the proletariat, once they are aware of their class interests, will inevitably rise up against their capitalist oppressors and create a socialist society.

The proletariat has been described as the "class of the modern proletariat in the industrial era," where workers in urban areas, often laboring in factories and mills, have become the dominant population. The liberation of the proletariat has been seen as the key to creating a more just and equal society, one in which the bourgeoisie are no longer dominant.

Some socialist and communist economic systems have aimed to eliminate the distinction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie by converting all industries into state-owned enterprises. On the other hand, anarchism and libertarian socialism aim to anarchize power in society rather than socialize it.