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So the French petite bourgeoisie don't vote socialist? What a surprise.
by TGeraghty on Mon May 7th, 2007 at 08:22:51 PM EST
I wouldn't call people starting up businesses petitte bourgeoisie
Starting from the mid-19th century, the term was used by Karl Marx and Marxist theorists to refer to a social class that included shop-keepers and professionals. Though distinct from the ordinary working class and the lumpenproletariat, who rely entirely on the sale of their labor-power for survival, the petty remain members of the proletariat rather than the haute bourgeoisie, or capitalist class, who own the means of production and buy the labor-power of others to work it. Though the petty bourgeois do buy the labor power of others, in contrast to the bourgeoisie they typically work alongside their own employees; and although they generally own their own businesses, they do not own a controlling share of the means of production. The modern term for the petty bourgeoisie, a class that lies between the workingmen and the capitalists, would be the middle class.
 imo they are hard working people from any class with an idea and a strong work ethic.
by wchurchill on Mon May 7th, 2007 at 09:22:00 PM EST
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