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Rule of thumb to define "petite bourgoise": if you lose your business you risk becoming proleteriat (lumpen or not).
Freelancers and artists can slide towards artisanal reaction and hold bourgoisie sensibilities as a means of survival under capitalism:
https://redsails.org/stalins-shoemaker/