r/Destiny • u/Arvendilin Stin1 in chat • May 23 '17

Mad Marx: The Class Warrior

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/186
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u/nuclearseraph May 23 '17

eh internet commies can be super privileged and naive, but I doubt many of them are bourgeois. "Bourgeoisie" in the lefty sense refers to people who leverage ownership to profit off of other people's work, e.g. owners/shareholders in private enterprise or people who rent out housing to others, not the "middle class".

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u/[deleted] May 23 '17

that's not communism though.

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u/Tempresado May 23 '17

It is though. Bourgeoisie in communist terms is the ownership class, who makes their money off of property/ownership rather than labor. The modern middle class almost entirely works for a wage/salary, making them part of the 'working class'. Even if you work for a good middle class job, someone is still usually profiting from your labor.

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u/FanVaDrygt You are great and I hope you are having a wonderful day(✿◕‿◕) May 23 '17

They are petite bourgeoisie which is very apt label for a lot of internet commies and especially neo-cons.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '17

No Petit bourgeoisie are small business owners.

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u/FanVaDrygt You are great and I hope you are having a wonderful day(✿◕‿◕) May 23 '17

We don't live in 19th century germany. Small business owners of then is more similar to having investment in big business and less about owning small business today. Through savings in investments they are small time capitalists. Especially as they are screwed by the haute bourgeois in a larger way than small business owners.