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Proletariat Vs Bourgeoisie Class Conflict

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We have seen this similar type of an event many times throughout the course of history, and it closely resembles the Proletariat versus the Bourgeoisie class conflict that we discussed in class and that Marx had also focused on. In this current situation, the factory workers would represent the Proletariats, who sell their labor for wages. While the Nike owners would represent the Bourgeoisie, who own the means of production and make their profits off of the labor of the workers. Given the current economic situations of the countries that Nike chose to outsource it’s labor to, it made it extremely easy for them to exploit the workers. The workers needed the jobs that Nike was offering and were willing to sacrifice their individuality to suffer
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