Examples of proletariat in a Sentence

the Bolsheviks believed that Russia's discontented proletariat made that nation ripe for revolution

Recent Examples on the Web The proletariat profited simply in exchange for unquestioning, loyal service. — Douglas London, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022 This is far more than an angry mob shouting in keystrokes, but the proto-proletariat of a feudalizing post-industrial society . . . — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022 Climate refugees may provoke social upheaval but seem unpromising replacements for the revolutionary subject of the proletariat. — Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 Keep making the proletariat more and more desperate. — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 The scuffling between the disadvantaged proletariat below decks and preening nobs above? — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022 The party’s solution was to indoctrinate and incorporate non-Han peoples into the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s the proletariat versus the bourgeoisie, executives versus front-line team members, management versus union, Jedi versus the Sith. — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021 Surely no dictatorship of the proletariat could improve on that. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 July 2021 See More

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