Proletarian

I thought it was interesting reading about proletarians in each piece. I had never heard of bourgeois or proletarians. I thought proletarians were just the working class; I was enlightened to what Marx considered as proletarians, and thought it was especially interesting. The proletarians did not arise until after machines were added, and quickly replaced the working class. Even after reading, I'm still confused on the whole subject honestly. It is interesting reading his beliefs though, especially how he differentiates the bourgeois from the proletarians. My understanding is that the bourgeois are the "middle" class, but still workers. They get rewards in the name of property? The proletarians just work really hard for basically nothing. The whole hubbub of these readings is property right??

 I commented on Francesca's post.