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To: wideawake

What is bourgeoisie?


19 posted on 10/25/2004 2:21:32 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
A French word meaning the bourgeois as a class.

Bourgeois being literally French for "city-dweller" but in practice meaning a member of the middle-class - someone who holds a decent private job or owns a business, etc.

For a communist this means the "employer class" whether or not they were employers.

In Russia the kulaks were the agrarian equivalent.

20 posted on 10/25/2004 2:28:07 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Calpernia

The communist manifesto broke people down into two categories of people. Proletariat (Working Class/Middle Class)and Bourgeoisie (Elite / Upper Class) pronounced Booshua.


21 posted on 10/25/2004 2:30:46 PM PDT by Midnight_Train (Almost There)
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