What do marxists think about social stratification?
Think conflict theory. All change in society is driven by social conflict. The ones that control the means of production benefit from the exploitation of the proletariat. The better off the ones in control the worse off the wage earners are. He also believed that only the wealthiest ones in society could really develop and enjoy what it means to be human; man was meant to make art and create (it was our “species being”), not work as slaves and develop fetishes for commodities. The ones in control could develop their “species being” because they weren’t tied down by the need to work for a living wage They were only ones who had the time to develop their species being. He believed it was a complete injustice, and eventually the exploited would rise up and communism would come into being. I assume you can probably tie that in to whatever you’re learning.
