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2026-06-11 03:14 UTC

Yeah. So a small time landowner who farmed a luxury food (literally the template for the petite bourgeois, a veritable poster child) figured out how to mobilize citizens for his own economic benefit and protection. How do you not see this? These are literally the people who will collaborate with the military attacking civilians if they start demanding land reform. Read history, FFS.

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@Nefara@lemmy.world 2026-06-11 03:38

You seem to like to use historical references but with absolutely no respect to their context. I think you need to look again at the intention of the original term rather than the literal meaning at the time. A petite bourgeoisie today would be those people making maybe 200k usd a year who bought their houses 30 years ago and are now so paranoid of the evil leftists coming to tax their money that they consistently vote against their own self interest because they identify with the “upper class”. “Petty bourgeoisie” does not just equal “small business owner”. It’s the people who help put fascists in power because they’re scared of the poor and working class. Again, Graham identifies with the working class.

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