I think you're right. I fully agree that regardless of consciousness anyone who could be revolutionary whether or not they are now, are comrades. But we disagree in the inclusion of class consciousness in the proletariat. I add it because Marx's definition of the proletariat as a revolutionary class suggests this as a requirement. My thoughts are what was the working class before their material conditions caused the proletariat class to form? To me it is the emergence of class consciousness, precipitated by exploitative conditions, that causes the transition from working class to proletariat -> with revolutionary potential.
It is specifically this transition that makes me believe that the revolutionary potential of the class can grow, as more people are recruited to the proletariat through education of class consciousness.
I think you're right. I fully agree that regardless of consciousness anyone who could be revolutionary whether or not they are now, are comrades. But we disagree in the inclusion of class consciousness in the proletariat. I add it because Marx's definition of the proletariat as a revolutionary class suggests this as a requirement. My thoughts are what was the working class before their material conditions caused the proletariat class to form? To me it is the emergence of class consciousness, precipitated by exploitative conditions, that causes the transition from working class to proletariat -> with revolutionary potential.
It is specifically this transition that makes me believe that the revolutionary potential of the class can grow, as more people are recruited to the proletariat through education of class consciousness.