... the dominant class. This upper class as some call it is also "rooted in private ownership of the means of production." This would place the rest of society in a struggle for power and also state favor, as lower classes would be controlled and remotely powerless. Critics of Marxists feel that these claims are outlandish and false, however certain examples in everyday society sometimes imply the contrary. A recent articles in the British newspaper "The Guardian" reports of struggles between civil rights protestors and British courts. According to the article "dozens of protesters were stopped and searched and one hundred and forty four were arrested." During a recent four-day civil rights protest. Many protestors involved in this conflict feel that the police powers were misused and that the state's terrorism acts are guilty as such as well. One protester remarks that the " draconian powers were being used in ...

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