This publication was originally written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The first chapter is titled, "Bourgeois and Proletarians". Both terms indicate socio-economic classes. The bourgeois was the wealthy middle class. The proletarians were lower class or the working class.
The authors report that there are rising tensions between the two classes. They criticize the bourgeois for valuing money over family after experiencing a large influx of funds. Reading this, it feels like the authors are trying to make more of a comment about human social behavior in the sense that humans are fundamentally selfish and will take all that is given to them. Also, the majority of the paragraphs begin with, "The Bourgeoisie.." and goes onto criticizing them. They criticize the bourgeoisie for exploiting the proletarians through capitalism. Perhaps the capitalism that Marx and Engels is different than the US capitalism I'm thinking of. Perhaps their view would be different if government helped regulate private business (laws on human rights and such).
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