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3. Explain Engels' perspective on the role that capitalists play in creating the conditions of the working class.

3. Explain Engels' perspective on the role that capitalists play in creating the conditions of the working class.

Social Psychology (10th Edition)
Social Psychology (10th Edition)
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Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers
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sible what the t to freely oursue of the invisible hand mean? Document 2 Source: The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1844 - Friedrich Engels From this it follows that the social conflict - the war of all against all - is fought in the open....Here men regard their fellows not as human beings, but as pawns in the struggle for existence. Everyone exploits his neighbour with the result that the stronger tramples the weaker under foot. The strongest of all, a tiny group of capitalists, monopolise everything, while the weakest, who are in the vast majority; succumb to the most abject poverty. Every great town has one or more slum areas into which the working classes are packed. Sometimes, of course, poverty is to be found hidden away in alleys close to the stately homes of the wealthy. Generally, however, the workers are segregated in separate districts where they struggle through life as best they can out of sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums of the English towns have much in common - the worst house in a town being found in the 3. Explain Engels' perspective on the role that capitalists play in creating the conditions of the working class. worst districts.
Transcribed Image Text:sible what the t to freely oursue of the invisible hand mean? Document 2 Source: The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1844 - Friedrich Engels From this it follows that the social conflict - the war of all against all - is fought in the open....Here men regard their fellows not as human beings, but as pawns in the struggle for existence. Everyone exploits his neighbour with the result that the stronger tramples the weaker under foot. The strongest of all, a tiny group of capitalists, monopolise everything, while the weakest, who are in the vast majority; succumb to the most abject poverty. Every great town has one or more slum areas into which the working classes are packed. Sometimes, of course, poverty is to be found hidden away in alleys close to the stately homes of the wealthy. Generally, however, the workers are segregated in separate districts where they struggle through life as best they can out of sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums of the English towns have much in common - the worst house in a town being found in the 3. Explain Engels' perspective on the role that capitalists play in creating the conditions of the working class. worst districts.
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