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False and Class Consciousness Relationships (between fellow workers) Workers are forced to sell their labour to capitalists for money in return Division of labour - jobs being divided between numerous people People de-value what they do as they don't see the final product Workers are artificially separated from other people as they have separate specific jobs Relationships (between capitalists & workers) - an exploitive one The working class can't withdraw labour as they need the wages - effectively the Bourgeoisie control them Culture Marx believed culture gave you an insight into the way capitalism was successful Two key things: * class consciousness * false consciousness * The term 'consciousness' in Marx's work refers to idea systems shared by social classes * False consciousness is where both capitalists and workers have incorrect assessments of how the system works and of their role and interest in it. While class consciousness is the possibility that the proletariat will develop an acute conception of how capitalism works and how it...

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