What distinguishes the proletarian from the serf?

The serf has the possession and use of a means of production — a piece of land — in exchange for a tribute of a part of the produce, or for the performance of work for his lord. The proletarian works with another’s implements of production, for the benefit of this other, in exchange for a part of his produce. The serf, therefore, pays; whereas payment is made to the proletarian.

The serf has an assured existence; the proletarian has not. The serf stands outside competition: the proletarian within it. The serf frees himself either by running away to the town, and there becoming a handicraftsman; or by making payments in money to his lord instead of labour or payments in kind, thereby becoming a free farmer; or by forcibly ridding himself of his feudal lord, and becoming himself a private owner; in short, by one or other of these means, entering either the ranks of the owners or of the competing workers.

The proletarian can only free himself by abolishing competition, private property, ... more.

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