Marx used the term _____ for those people in society who are discarded by the capitalist system and _____ for those in the working class.

A) proletariat; bourgeoisie
B) lumpenproletariat; proletariat
C) bourgeoisie; petty bourgeoisie
D) petty bourgeoisie; lumpenproletariat

Lumpenproletariat

A term coined by Marx to describe the class of outcasts in society, such as the unemployed and criminals, who are not involved in industrial production.

Proletariat

The proletariat is a term used in Marxist theory to describe the class of workers who do not own the means of production and must sell their labor power to survive.

Bourgeoisie

The class in capitalist societies that owns the means of production and employs wage labor, historically associated with wealth and societal power.