Now I don’t mean “wage slaves” or anything of the like, I mean literal slaves like in the south of the USA before the Civil War and slaves in the markets in Libya.

Are they considered part of the proletariat?

  • @queer_bird
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    133 years ago

    Master owning Slave is a different class relation compared to Boss Vs. Worker. Similer in many ways, but different in others. A slave and a worker often have the same class interests, but selling one’s labor for a wage is one of the defining factors of proletarian.