• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    That’s not owning the means of production of his own people. You’re altering perspective to match your system.

    In the US, the wealthiest class are the oppressors. They own means of production through stock ownership or connections to Blackrock, State Street, Vanguard, etc. The middle class may have some local control in small scale, but corporate America is owned by the 1%.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      7 days ago

      The bourgeoisie are not the middle class, but the wealthiest 1%. The Petite Bourgeoisie are the middle class. The Bourgeoisie used to be the middle class until they collaborated with the proletariat and petite bourgeoisie to overthrow the aristocracy.