• MNByChoice
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    9 months ago

    I get confused. bourgeois = middle class
    proletariat = working class

    What is the name for the rich?

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      9 months ago

      bourgeois = middle class

      iirc bourgeois is non-aristocratic upper class. But i guess it depends heavily on the context

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        9 months ago

        You could be right.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie

        The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a “middle class” between peasantry and aristocracy.

        It is possible that the meaning of “middle class” has changed. So Musk is middle class, but the lawyer or pizza shop owner are not.

        Edit: shit, I should have read farther. Bourgeois is used in multiple ideologies.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

        The two classes are the proletariat, who make up the majority of the population within society and must sell their labor power to survive, and the bourgeoisie, a small minority that derives profit from employing the working class through private ownership of the means of production.