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mothballed 5 days ago

Haitian Revolution comes to mind of "the bourgeoisie" that were actually in country, basically got slaughtered, at least the white ones. If you frame it to include the ones even higher up on French soil, maybe not though.

JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | parent [-]

> Haitian Revolution comes to mind of "the bourgeoisie" that were actually in country

Yes. The bourgeoisie don’t get away. The aristocracy do.

If you work in tech, you’re part of the American bourgeoisie. If you have a college degree, you’re bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie are the middle class.

yuye 4 days ago | parent [-]

>If you work in tech, you’re part of the American bourgeoisie. If you have a college degree, you’re bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie are the middle class.

What does the middle class even mean nowadays?

By Marxist definition, the bourgeoisie are the business owners, the landlords. The class that owns the means of production. If you need a salary to survive, you're working class.

A lot of people in tech are salaried employees. They might have some money in investments, but not enough to live off of. Many tech workers are just highly compensated members of the working class.