Marx didn’t look to the working class because of some supposed moral superiority, the clarity of their ideas at any particular moment, or the infinite effectiveness of their trade unions. We have already argued that these things can be as absent among workers as individuals as among members of any other class. No, Marx looked to this class because in capitalist society they were the only other class, besides the bourgeoisie, who had the potential power to change things. Their power flowed from their position in the economy and from their numbers. “Ye are many, they are few,” as the poet Shelley put it.... “Without our brain and muscle not a single wheel would turn,” the Wobblies sang.