"there are now 7 classes, every time a marxist complains we will add another class"

    • furryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The lumpen are different from regular proles in the same way the labor aristocracy is. If lumpen are a different class, so are PMC. Unless I'm misunderstanding or missing something.

      • mittens [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        i don't think the lumpen is a distinct class, they're regular prole that don't distinguish themselves as prole. PMCs are meant to be a different class, somewhere between proletariat and bourgeoisie

          • mittens [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Pretty sure petit bourgeoisie are managers and small business owners, they employ people. PMCs employ nobody but have either technical skills and/or college education that guarantees them a comfy spot in a company. It's a pretty transient class, I wouldn't rely on it for material analysis tbh.

            • SovietSwine [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Well it depends on what role a PMC has within a company. If they are, like you say, just someone that gets to have a well paying job within the company then yeah they aren't the petit bourgeoisie, but to me the term can also mean mid level managers, i.e. a stage below owners/shareholders/executives who represent the bourgeoisie, but who do not rely on their labor for income, instead relying on placing themselves high enough above the proletariat to reap benefits from being a lackey to the bourgeoisie in the form of managing the proletariat, which I would classify as petit bourgeois. However I also think this distinction is not that important when analysing the overall relationship between capital and labor.