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more middle class Re: ruling class subjectivity, was: Re: AUT: a rejuvenated communist



> but I worry that many
> libertarian marxists
> eliminate the petty bourgeoisie (the middle class)
> as a class.

i'm not trying to eliminate it, but point out that it
has ceased to exist.

> And yet,
> fascism (as pointed out by Trotsky and Bologna from
> very different
> traditions) arose from this middle class of
> professionals and small business
> people, so I feel that we cannot lose sight of the
> existence of the middle
> class, even if that category is a slippery one.

but modern fascist movement are not rising out of this
catagory... mostly because it doesn't exist. modern
fascist movements seem to rise out of an upper strata
of working class people (that is: well-paid
blue-collar and white-collar workers) who are becoming
increasing improvrished thru the "harmonization" that
comes with capitalist globalization and the necessary
destruction of national bounderies.


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