| So, Marx argued that as long as one is not controlling the means of production, they are proletarian. |
| Yet, whereas capitalists simply own the means of production, intellectuals are directly involved in the actual processes of production. |
| If private individuals are allowed to own any means of production, it can't be socialism, they will say. |
| It has agglomerated population, centralized means of production, and has concentrated property in a few hands. |
| The capitalists advance money to the producers, who then use it for buying means of production and for paying wages. |
| Under capitalism, the social relation between those who own the means of production and those who possess labor power has been exploited. |
