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marxian class theory

Marxian class theory is a way of looking at society developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 1800s. It looks at how certain groups in society have more control and power over others. It argues that society is divided into classes based on things like wealth, power, and how much money people earn. There are two main classes in Marxian class theory: the bourgeois, or the rich and powerful people, and the proletariat, which is the working class. The bourgeois have more money, power, and influence, while the proletariat have less. Marx argued that this inequality between classes is the cause of a lot of social and economic problems in society.