Privatization: A Tool of the Bourgeoisie

With the privatization of the business world individuals have had the opportunity to become independently wealthy and many have taken this opportunity to earn billions of dollars. With incomes this large these people are given great power because, in America and most places around the world, the more money you have the more power and influence you posses. With this power, as we have discussed in class, the bourgeoisie exploits the laborers by setting their wages as low as possible to obtain the most profit. A similar thing has occurred with the privatization of education. Many people have views that a private education is better because public funds cannot cover enough supplies or hire the best teachers. This is seen even locally with the Admissions slogan here at MCLA, "a public college with a private atmosphere..." With these slogans and the effort to privatize our society the elite class is working towards further exploitation of the proletariat. In private schools, administrators are able to charge outrageous prices and set their own guidelines for academic goals. It is thought that the private atmosphere will provide better opportunities because they have more money and better teachers, but this belief is just a phrase that has been ingrained in our minds to help further the oppression. So, by taking more income from the proletariat through private schools and training (educating) people as they see fit, the elite class furthers its oppression of the proletariat by the continued privatization of American society.