Principles of Communism

What were the immediate consequences of the industrial revolution and of the division of society into bourgeoisie and proletariat?

1. The lower prices of industrial products made by machine labor destroyed the old manufacturing system of hand labor. 2.

In what way do proletarians differ from handicraftsmen?

Handicraftsmen are temporary proletarians that try to obtain capital to exploit other workers. The handicraftsman liberates himself by become a capitalist or joining the communist movement.

Have the Proletariat always existed?

No this class has not always existed. The proletariat refers to workers who live under specific conditions.

What working classes were there before the industrial revolution?

Slaves to Slave owners Serfs to land owning nobility Journeymen to petty bourgeois masters

What is the proletariat?

The class in society that has nothing to sell but its labor power. This class does not gain profit from capital.

In what way do proletarians differ from manufacturing workers?

The manufacturing worker almost always lives in the countryside and in a more or less patriarchal relation to his landlord or employer; the proletarian lives, for the most part, in the city and his relation to his employer is purely a cash relation.

How did the proletariat originate?

The proletariat originates from the Industrial revolution in England during the 18th century.

Under what conditions does this sale of the labor of the proletarians to the bourgeoisie take place?

The sale of labor is based on the average cost of production for the worker. The average cost of production consists of the lowest amount of subsistence needed to keep a working class alive.

In what way do proletarians differ from serfs?

The serf uses an instrument of production (land) to produce, and gives up a part of what he produces to nobility The proletariat works the instrument of production of another to produce commodities, then receives a piece of what he produces as wage.

In what way do proletarians differ from slaves?

The slave is the property of his master while proletarians sell themselves only by the hour.

What is Communism?

The theory of the conditions for liberation of workers