Memes

46414 readers

2376 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1987

We've all just got to do our part! (fedia.io)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

115 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The French Revolution was mostly a bourgeois revolution tho.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

There's only two classes. Working and wealthy.

If you can't afford to live without working, them you're working class. If you could quit your job and maintain a decent lifestyle, you're not working class anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I get confused. bourgeois = middle class
proletariat = working class

What is the name for the rich?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

bourgeois = middle class

iirc bourgeois is non-aristocratic upper class. But i guess it depends heavily on the context

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You could be right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

~~It is possible that the meaning of "middle class" has changed. So Musk is middle class, but the lawyer or pizza shop owner are not.~~

Edit: shit, I should have read farther. Bourgeois is used in multiple ideologies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

The two classes are the proletariat, who make up the majority of the population within society and must sell their labor power to survive, and the bourgeoisie, a small minority that derives profit from employing the working class through private ownership of the means of production.