In Guatemala, agriculture is the prime income for the country, and the people as well as the land are constantly exploited in order to get money. ... And Marxism theory emphasized that the system is set up that way so that they workers try to increase their share, but the capitalist don't let them (52). ... There has been also evidence stating that peasant farmers have suffered due to they need more money to maintain their land. ...

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As technology became more and more efficient, the capitalist sought to increase the output, and therefore profit. This affected the proletariat in a negative way as they were still being paid the same wage but the capitalist was gaining increased profits thus higher surplus value thereby benefiting from cheap labour. ... Status can also and is a lot of the time determined by possession of wealth, certainly in Britain aristocratic families sometimes go on to hold social esteem even when they loose money. In reverse to this people who come across new money do not tend to hold the same status in...

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As such, the working and lower class are drawn into such advertising, thinking that they can also acquire the items that more privileged classes have, and this results in increased financial debt. ... This is why Pinzon includes a caption for each photograph indicating the name of the worker behind the masque, the job performed, and amount of money that he or she sends home. Pinzon hopes to increase Americans' acceptance of immigrants by portraying them in a positive light and elevating citizens' awareness and respect for the input of immigrant labor in enriching their daily lives. ...

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They were often given the most disgusting jobs, which would also not earn them very much money. ... " Yes the immediate victory may have gone to the bourgeois, however through the development of industry, the proletariat increased in number as well as in power, being concentrated in greater masses and growing in strength. ...

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In this stage, there were segregated conjugal roles: the husband did not take part in the raising of children and household work, but was the breadwinner of the family by going out to earn money. ... Devine found that an increasing proportion of women work part time and this often results in a greater involvement by men in childcare and to a lesser extent, housework. ...

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