Workers have nothing to lose but their chains from "summary" of The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels
The workers, according to Marx and Engels, possess nothing of their own except for their chains. They are stripped of all material possessions and are left with only their labor power to sell. This labor power is exploited by the bourgeoisie, who profit from the surplus value created by the workers. The workers are alienated from their labor, as they have no control over the means of production and are merely cogs in the capitalist machine. The chains that bind the workers are not just physical, but also ideological. The bourgeoisie use their control over the means of production to perpetuate a system that benefits themselves at the expense of the workers. They create false consciousness among the workers, convincing them that their interests are aligned with those of the bourgeoisie. This perpetuates the cycle of exploitation and alienation. The only way for the workers to break free from their chains is to unite and overthrow the capita...
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