Which class consists of workers who do not own the means of production?

Which class consists of workers who do not own the means of production?

• A. Capitalist Class
• B. Bourgeoisie
• C. Proletariat Class
• D. Labour aristocracy

Answer: (C)

Ownership of the means of production divides society into who owns and who must work for others. The group that does not own factories, land, or capital must sell their labor to survive, making them the workers whose position is defined by wage labor. This is exactly what the proletariat describes: a class composed of people who do not own the means of production and rely on selling their labor power. The other terms point to owners of production (capitalists/bourgeoisie), who wield the means of production, and a subset of workers who enjoy relatively higher wages but still do not own the means of production (the labour aristocracy). Those descriptions don’t fit the statement about workers who do not own the means of production in the way the proletariat does.

Ownership of the means of production divides society into who owns and who must work for others. The group that does not own factories, land, or capital must sell their labor to survive, making them the workers whose position is defined by wage labor. This is exactly what the proletariat describes: a class composed of people who do not own the means of production and rely on selling their labor power.

The other terms point to owners of production (capitalists/bourgeoisie), who wield the means of production, and a subset of workers who enjoy relatively higher wages but still do not own the means of production (the labour aristocracy). Those descriptions don’t fit the statement about workers who do not own the means of production in the way the proletariat does.