Instead of coaligating in an impoverished mass, the proletariat was subdivided between qualified "workers' aristocracies" and a vicious lumopenproletarian. The first preferred strikes and collective bargaining to the revolution {...}, the second preferred the gin.
In "Civilization: The West and the Rest," Niall Ferguson discusses the division within the proletariat, highlighting how the working class is not a monolithic group. Instead of uniting in their struggles, they are split into two distinct factions: the skilled workers, referred to as "workers' aristocracies," who lean towards negotiating through strikes and collective bargaining, and a marginalized group known as the lumpenproletariat, which is characterized by their struggle and reliance...
