On the one hand, the proletarian contributes every bit of on-the-clock activity to the value of the resulting commodity.
—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
The song, now considered a protest anthem, is about a social revolution in which French proletarians stand against the ruling class — in this case, an oppressive monarchy.
This idea is particularly demonstrated through Ramza’s relationship with his best friend, a commoner named Delita.
—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
In those intervening 35 years, China had moved 800 million rural peasants — living in extreme poverty on US$2 a day — into city apartments and integrated them into the global economy.
—
Peter Leyden,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
More than two million peasant families were given land.
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