According to Marx, the lumpenproletariat would not play a decisive role in the expected revolution.

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Marx believed that the lumpenproletariat, which referred to people who were in a state of social and economic degradation such as beggars, criminals, and vagrants, lacked class-consciousness and were therefore less likely to participate in or contribute to a successful revolution. He saw the working class, or the proletariat, as the key agent of revolutionary change.

According to Marx, the Lumpenproletariat Would Not Play a Decisive