In proportion as the bourgeoisie, i.e., capital, is developed, in the same proportion is the proletariat, the modern working class, developed - a class of labourers, who live only so long as they find work, and who find work only so long as their labour increases capital. These labourers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity, like every other article of commerce, and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of competition, to all the fluctuations of the market.
Karl MarxIf one wants to be an ox one can easily turn one's back on hum suffering and look after one's own skin.
Karl MarxIn bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
Karl Marx