Round 4: Tossup 20
This concept’s locations become contradictory with semi-autonomous workers and small employers according to Erik Olin Wright. This concept was shown to be historically formed in a study of England by E.P. Thompson. Sets of heterogeneous use-values lead to the overthrow of the objective form and in-turn reification according to a book by Georg Lukács studying a form of this concept in terms of (*) commodity fetishism. In order for this concept to become “for itself,” a thinker claimed that workers must first recognize their collective exploitation. For 10 points, the bourgeoisie versus the proletariat exemplifies the “struggle” of what concept according to Karl Marx? ■END■
ANSWER: social class [accept working class; or class consciousness; or class struggle; or contradictory class locations; accept The Making of the English Working Class; accept History and Class Consciousness]
<Social Science - Economics, Camden Williams> | VAULT II Packet 04
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Earley | Sheffield A | Sheffield B | 81 | 10 |
| Pierre-Olivier Pitt-Butera | Chimera | Edinburgh | 83 | 10 |
| Oliver Heald | Manchester A | Manchester B | 92 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 83% | 0% | 83% | 101.00 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 95.00 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 96.50 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 50% | 0% | 25% | 96.00 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 0% | 80% | 101.50 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 85.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 75% | 85.75 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 98.75 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 0% | 0% | 94.75 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 38% | 25% | 77.25 |