what is the proletariat?

Answer 1

"The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is proletarian. Originally it was identified as those people who had no wealth other than their sons; the term was initially used in a derogatory sense, until Karl Marx used it as a sociological term to refer to the working class."

Answer 2

The common people, In ancient times these were the people who didnt own property and had to work in industry for unfair wages. Lenin and the Bolsheviks directed revolutions of proletariats to form the dicatorship known as Communism

Answer 3

with the planned demise of the middle class well under way, there will only be left the self-proclaimed "elites", like our preznut, and the peasants/proletariat, like you and me, whose function is to service the psychopaths in every imaginable manner, if we wish to go unmurdered. latter day feudalism is just over the horizon. ;-)

Answer 4

the working class

Answer 5

working class

Answer 6

the working class. there is no reason that should be the "low lives of the community" as described by another answerer. it simply means working class. generally, blue collar.

Answer 7

The low lives of the comminity.....