• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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      “I’m struggling to get by. We need to revolt.”

      “Agreed. Who will start?”

      “Not me. I’m struggling to get by.”

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        I think it was more hoping we could dismiss the period as a fever-driven nightmare that wasn’t actually real. The fact he accomplished so little during that time kinda helped the idea that it wasn’t real.

        This time around they’re coming in hot & heavy, fully prepared to make the most of their chance to destroy all the checks & balances that have kept them at least somewhat at bay up until now. There’s not only no way to deny the forthcoming reality this time around, there’s just no way to overstate just how real shit’s gonna get.

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      My problem with the term bourgeoisie is that most people mistake it to mean the upper middle class, but in fact the upper middle class is just as much working class as anyone else.

      The upper middle class doesn’t have generational wealth or resources (because if it does, its not upper middle, it’s just ruling class), and needs a job or career or skill to get resources, otherwise its members go into debt, and become homeless and/or die.

      So I think breaking the classes into working vs middle vs upper middle is needless division and unnecessary. It just breaks solidarity between the people who are subjugated by the ruling class.