... and control in every aspect. Marx considered that each 'class' pursued their own interests, and that throughout history, the two major 'classes' would be fundamentally opposed. 'The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of 'class' struggles....The modern bourgeois society, that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with 'class' antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggles in place of old ones.' Marx and Engels, (1981) Modern Marxists continue to define the basic 'class' divisions as that between those who own and those who do not own the means of production however, a problem has arisen in their analysis of the 'class' structure as occupations have been further developed (See appendix 1, Standard Occupational Classifications 2000). There is no longer a clear definition of what is considered a 'proletarian' occupation (manual employment), as these types of employment can ...

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