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

  • JohnBrownsBussy [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The artisan class still exists, but in a marginal fashion. Either as holdovers from feudal institutions or in the ferment of emerging industries. Again, proletarianization continues to dissolve that class, but it's a still ongoing process. The idea of a purely two-class society, with one class that does all the labor and another that does all the owning, is the horizon of capitalist development, not its current state.

    • Kereru [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Is the artisan class still considered relevant in the west? It seems to me like anyone that you might say fits into this is actually prole or petit-bourg. I guess musicians who release independently? It doesn't seem like the list is that big though?