"I feel like if we did that, we could make more money."
Depends at what decade because greek and liberal social systems were similar but different.
Proletariat is the working class and Bourgeoisie is the middle class that had enough money own land
In a communist system, one political party controls the government. In a democratic system, people have the choice to elect officials from different parties.
Well from all the taxes the government uses to invest in the capital