WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Marxism posits that the struggle between social classes-specifically between the bourgeoisie, or capitalists, and the proletariat, or workers-defines economic relations in a capitalist economy and will lead inevitably to a communist revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bourgeoisie own and hoard wealth and resources, while the proletariat are the laborers that make this possible. Communism is a system in which the proletariat would have control of resources they work for, instead. Read more about Marxism, the bourgeoisie and proletariat, and their role in Communism.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Marx there are only two main classes, the bourgeoisie, that owns the means of production and the proletariat who work for them. The proletariat includes everyone who does not own the means of production. Even high paid workers in the tech industry are considered proletariats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Marxist conflict theory sees society as divided along lines of economic class between the proletarian working class and the bourgeois ruling class. Later versions of conflict theory look at other dimensions of conflict among capitalist factions and among various social, religious, and other types of groups.