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The proletariat is that class in society which lives entirely from…
Quote byFriedrich Engels · 1820–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1847).
English (original)
The proletariat is that class in society which lives entirely from the sale of its labor and does not draw profit from any kind of capital; whose weal and woe, whose life and death, whose sole existence depends on the demand for labor – hence, on the changing state of business, on the vagaries of unbridled competition.
— Friedrich Engels
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