According to Marx and Engels, the industrialized society forces people into two classes, the bourgeoisie the proletariat class. In this clash, the bourgeoisie assume the role of master by monopolizing the means of production forcing proletarians to sacrifice their autonomy and become slaves within the means of production. Since the proletarian class forms a majority within industrialized society, the bourgeoisie must maintain its monopoly over the means of production and power through market expansion, and new inventions leading to specialization of labor which destroys the romantic ideals within society.

With new technological advances, the bourgeoisie has gained access and tools to expand to foreign markets. They have the ships, weapons and tools necessary to subjugate previously non-industrialized societies. This takeover ” compels all nations, on pain of extinction, to adopt the bourgeois mode of production; it compels them to introduce what it calls civilisation into their midst, i.e., to become bourgeois themselves. In one word, it creates a world after its own image ” (Chapter 1). By forcing foreign territories to adopt the bourgeois mode of production, the bourgeois continue to enslave workers within its system. Foreign territories were now seen as land for the exploitation of natural resources. Romantic ideals were pushed out as the sublime thoughts inspired by nature were forgotten. Instead a Western-centric ideal was adopted and the bourgeois saw themselves as masters of knowledge. Similar to the exploitation of native populations by European colonists and conquerors. The bourgeois believed that their concept of means of production was the best social order and made sure every proletariat followed the social rules.

Fearing the proletariats from recognizing their exploitation, the bourgeois maintained control of the means of production by accelerating inventions. “Constant revolutionising of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones” (Marx Chapter One). New machines forced the proletariat to compete amongst themselves to remain part of the system. If one cannot keep up with the tasks, they have no positive value to the production process and become unemployed. Workers become specialized for a specific task or machine which is their means of living. If a machine becomes obsolete and the worker does not adopt to new machines, they may be considered an excess within the production cycle and let go. By losing a position within the process, a proletariat can no longer survive because society revolves around the means of productions. The romantic ideals of human expressions are no longer obvious. The products made lack the passions or emotions that motivate humans to new creations. Production becomes a monotonous and repetitive cycle with no emotions or expressions but rather a process to an end goal of monetary value.

As the proletariat recognize the lack of positive emotions in their daily positions, they would recognize their slave position in society. Frustrations from the expressionless production cycle and conditions will motivate them to start a change. When groups stop working and participating in the system, they realize that the system lives off their efforts. This is the worker’s power. Understanding the ability to bargain this power will lead to the formation of worker unions and a revival of romantic ideals. The human input within the means of productions becomes more valued by the bourgeois. The expressions and emotions of workers would be recognized more.