this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
24 points (100.0% liked)

Ask Lemmygrad

1249 readers
21 users here now

A place to ask questions of Lemmygrad's best and brightest

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
Shaggy0291@lemmygrad.ml
GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml
SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml
QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml
yogthos@lemmygrad.ml
24
Why are small business owners considered petit bourgeoisie? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 4 days ago by znsh@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

This question is coming from another post where I was asking what the intelligensia and petit bourgeoisie difference is (https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10748355)

This is a comment I left when discussing: "This one is really difficult for me to grasp, it’s probably my ignorance and lack of knowledge, but why would someone who is a small business owner that doesn’t employ any other worker be bourgeois? Are freelancers and struggling artists who are trying to get their foot in the door of an industry also in that class? I hope I don’t come off as aggressive (I just read back what I wrote and it sounds a bit like that, but I swear it isn’t :D)"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] znsh@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah I've found that my current social group of people that I talk to all aspire to get more money, but mainly with changing jobs or getting a higher education. Is this actually considered wrong from a ML perspective?

[–] starkillerfish@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

marxism leninism is not a lifestyle guide

[–] Богданова@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 days ago

There isn't an easy answer to that question. You got to read the theory and work together with your group to figure out the best possible solution you can come up with, for your given circumstances.

I know it sucks to hear and we all want to press the socialism button, but you just can't do that. It would have happened already if it was that easy.