1. Argue a persons social class is defined by their relationship to the means of production.
2. The system is exploitative - proletariat produce all the wealth but the bourgeoisie do not pay them a wage that is equal to their value. The bourgeoisie keep the difference or the surplus value.
3. The infrastructure is capitalism or economic system. Whereas the superstructure is the ideological cultural lies, which is what decieves the proletariat into accepting the system.
4. Alienation - to suffer a loss or no longer know their own self. Commonly happens in the workplace - labour is sold for a wage and becomes the end focus. People go to work purely for income rather than to take pride. Workers engage in the cut-throat competition for jobs, undermining any sense of collective class unity.
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