The
Bourgeoisie is a sociologically defined social class equivalent to the upper classes. They are contrasted with the
proletariat by their relative affluence and their cultural and financial capital. In Marxist philosophy, the
bourgeoisie is the social class that came to own the means of production during modern industrialization and whose societal concerns are the value of property and the preservation of capital to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in
society. The
bourgeoisie is the most important class of
society opposing the
proletariat, insofar as the employees their wages are higher possible while the owners intend to increase their profits by employing labor
… Read more at the lowest possible cost. From this de facto difference is born the Marxist concept of class struggle, the goal of any
revolution being to abolish inequalities and in particular to reduce income inequalities.
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