MikeDunnAuthorAug 14, 2024
"The 'middle-class' is a faux class. It never really existed. If you have a boss, and earn wages or salary, you are a worker, and should be proud to be in the working class. The term 'middle class' isolates more privileged workers for the benefit of the powerful so that anyone outside of elite circles will be divided and fighting against each other instead of fighting institutions and the power structure."
—David Graeber
Show threadMark BurtonAug 16, 2024
@MikeDunnAuthor
This anarchist coming out with a clear Marxist description of reality.
However class is also, and rather unhelpfully, used to describe cultural characteristics and micro-distinctions within the proletariate, the bourgeoisie, the aristocracy and in those countries that still have it, the peasantry.
Show threadGeofCox

@markhburton

The 20th century sociologists' invention of class by profession (AB, C1, C2, etc) is equally pernicious. It's your relationship to assets that determines social class - not the job you do, your level of education, or your regional accent.

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Aug 16, 2024 at 6:46amWeb
Show threadMikeDunnAuthorAug 20, 2024

@GeofCox @markhburton

I would say your relationship to private property, the means of production, the ability to hire and fire people. But I think we're more or less on the same page