• TheFreshestHell [he/him,any]
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    2 years ago

    Petit bourgeois are small business owners, family-owned small farms, landlords with only one or two properties, etc. People who are technically members of the capitalist class but don't have much actual capital and don't exploit much labor to turn a profit.

    Labor aristicrat is really just an antagonistic term, referring to members of the working class who are materially privileged enough that when the proletariat comes into conflict with the bourgeois, they often side with the bougies. I've heard it used to describe everything from programmers to the entirety of the working class in the US and Europe.

    • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Labor aristocrat is how I would explain many working musicians, a disgusting number of them are just the most ignorant libs.