Jaylen W.

asked • 02/13/20

what is exploited working class

Peter F.

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The exploited working class is referring to Americans who make minimum wage working government jobs that do not require a college education and are unionized with benefits. Because working class Americans have less education, income, and opportunities both for success and in general than those who work higher-paying, more self-guided jobs that do require a college degree, they are at the mercy of the federal government at all times. If the federal government cuts funding and benefits for certain jobs performed by the working class, those employees suddenly get laid off, are out of work, and become impoverished citizens, even though those employees can qualify for unemployment via application therefor with the federal government. In the event of working class employees feeling exploited on the job: being that working class jobs are union jobs and the employees are therefore union workers with rights, they can subsequently unite, go on strike, and demand higher wages with stronger benefits, all in an effort to uphold their rightful workers rights at all times, in the event that those rights (healthy working conditions—especially in questionably unsanitary underground factory jobs involving employees operating dangerous machinery all day long, overtime pay being rewarded, required daily lunch and coffee breaks taken in full, paid vacations and sick days granted) become threatened by the powers that be who try to take advantage of their less educated, seemingly naive employees. Because the working class of the United States of America are the first economic demographic of the country to have their jobs removed (I.e. get replaced by machines/computers), their salaries cut, and their opportunities for basic human survival deleted, they are frequently the first class of employees to become exploited for all of the reasons outlined above.
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Jim M. answered • 03/04/20

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To "exploit" something or someone is to take advantage of them for the enriching of the company. It is a term which Karl Marx used in his Communist Manifesto which famously has him saying, "Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains!"


From time to time companies have taken advantage of their workers, especially during the Industrial Revolution, thus workers formed labor unions which collect dues that the bosses often use for liberal politics, with individual laborers having little say.


Today in this information age most companies appreciate their workers as assets and reward them accordingly, something Marx did not live to see. Exploitation does not happen, as a result, very often. Workers are free to switch jobs and companies as they like, thus they are hardly in "chains" anymore.


Marxist philosophy led to companies taken over by the severe but incompetent state and workers with no incentive to work, and a faulty line of manufactured merchandise, as everyone but the government was plunged into poverty.

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