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Class Warfare, Anarchy and the future society

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  • Kazimieras Simonavicius University
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This paper analyses the mechanics and ramifications of a rise in social agitations worldwide. It combines pertinent scholarly works, anecdotes and contemporary news reports to inquire whether the global middle class is consolidating to lead a mass-based revolt within societies - as well as the ensuing implications. The case will be made that middle classes worldwide are forming an embryonic counter-hegemonic bloc against the accumulation of power and wealth by the so-called "privileged 1%." Certain neo-Marxist scholarship have been studied and applied to understand the forces of revolt today.

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