this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
29 points (100.0% liked)
askchapo
23063 readers
142 users here now
Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer ~~thought-provoking~~ questions.
Rules:
-
Posts must ask a question.
-
If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.
-
Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.
-
Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you're having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The bourgeoisified proletariat: imperial core workers that are elevated above the rest of the working class by being high up on the value added production chain and by the redistribution of imperialst superprofit through investments and properties.
Their access to other means of wealth accumulation besides labor (and their very high wages besides) allow them to acquire even more investments/properties and even have a reasonable expectation to move up the class ladder (become a business owner or landlord, etc).
They have a bourgeois culture, bourgeois lifestyles, and bourgeois politics. However this "class" is artificial, it was created to maintain labor peace and it's collapsing because the empire is collapsing.