Labour
Labour noun - A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
Working class is a synonym for labour. In some cases you can use "Working class" instead a noun "Labour".
Working class
Working class noun - A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
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- Persecuted Intellectuals: In Raft, the scientists on the Raft are sent to the Belt to do hard labour after the working class revolts against them and the officers.
Source: Literature / Xeelee Sequence - Labour: The political wing of the trade unions and mouthpiece of the disgruntled working class.
Source: Political Stereotype -
Working Class People Are Morons: Discussed in Das Kapital, in a paragraph where he argues with Adam Smith, who argued that people of the working class would become morons if they were suffering from monotonous labour over time.
Source: Creator / Karl Marx
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