Ruling class

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In sociology, the ruling class of a society is the social class who set and decide the political and economic agenda of society. In Marxist philosophy, the ruling class are the class who own the means of production in a given society and apply their cultural hegemony to determine and establish the dominant ideology (ideas, culture, mores, norms, traditions) of the society. In the case of the capitalist mode of production, that class is the capitalist class, also known as the bourgeoisie. According to some theorists in the 21st century, the worldwide political economy established by neoliberalism and globalization has created a transnational capitalist class who are not native to any one country.

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