• Cowbee@lemmy.mlEnglish
    161·
    1 month ago

    States controlled by bourgeois interests are a consequence of Capitalism and an extension of it, not some random freak occurance.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      93·
      1 month ago

      Indeed. I like the idea of capitalism, but it rapidly becomes something else, something more sinister and harmful to all. It doesn’t just stay capitalism. It concentrates wealth and then the wealth makes the bottom fall out.

      • Cowbee@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        What is a “middle class?” Are you referring to the Petite Bourgeoisie, or well-paid Proletarians?

        • quindraco@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          1 month ago

          of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

          “a rich, bored, bourgeois family”

          • Cowbee@lemmy.mlEnglish
            21·
            1 month ago

            Bourgeois refers to Capitalists. Rich certainly doesn’t sound like a “middle” class, lol.