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The Proletarian (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠without property, stripped of family relations, stripped of national character.

A Proletarian (n.) lives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only so long as he finds work, and finds work only so long as his labour increases capital.

A Proletarian (n.) produces ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for himself not the silk he weaves, the gold he hauls up the shaft or the palace he builds, but wages — a cotton jacket, copper coins, a basement dwelling.

A Proletarian (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the slave must have a master to make him work, and is compelled to produce, besides his own wages, the wages of the man who dominates him.

Proletarian (n.) live ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from hand to mouth, paid by the week and spending by the day, so a whole society's food must stand waiting for them in the shops: part of the stock must always stand still for the stock to keep moving.