According to Marxism, those who own and control productive resources in a capitalist state are

According to Marxism, those who own and control productive resources in a capitalist state are "exploiters". This is because Marx believed that in a capitalist system, the bourgeoisie (the capitalist class) owned and controlled the means of production (such as factories and machines) while the working class (the proletariat) only owned their labor. The bourgeoisie, therefore, were able to exploit the labor of the working class to generate profits for themselves, resulting in an unequal distribution of wealth and power.