Re: [Marxism] DISILLUSIONED WITH MARXMAILers!

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:
> 
> Haines Brown wrote:
> > It just occurred to me: do you see the term "petite bourgeois" as an
> > insult for some reason?
> 
> Of course it is an insult. The "Marxist-Leninist" parties have used this
> term as a cudgel against opposition tendencies since the early 20th
> century at least.  

The neutral term would be petty producer. Most users of "petite
bourgeois," however, are operating out of a vulgar conception of class
as identity, and for that reason want a term that points to individuals
rather than to social relations. Once one uses the term "petty
producer," it becomes clearer that many of those labelled "petty
bourgeois" are, in fact, members of the proletariat.

Carrol


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