I would specify that the manager at the McDonalds, while not bourgeois, does serve their interests and is a class traitor that also needs to be done away with
I mean them as a group done away with. Class traitors need to be dealt with using methods to ensure they will contribute to society in the future but must be viewed with great suspicion
While true, I think communists need to acknowledge the coercion at play here too. I’ve personally worked for plenty of managers in my life who sympathize with the workers they are tasked with supervising, but their hands are just as tied by their higher ups to do anything about it. If they don’t fulfill their function they’ll be replaced as well, and it’s not like a lot of these people’s are living glamorous lives either.
Just something to keep in mind when we find ourselves in dialogue with members of the management class.
Better material conditions of course. Benefits. A manager with an expensive chronic illness is gonna need that health insurance. A manager with kids to support is gonna need that employer-sponsored savings account.
We need to recognize and emphasize the coercion factor that divides the working class, not focus so much on the moral failings that come from that.
I would specify that the manager at the McDonalds, while not bourgeois, does serve their interests and is a class traitor that also needs to be done away with
they don’t need to be done away with, they need to be rehabilitated so they can continue as a regular worker
I mean them as a group done away with. Class traitors need to be dealt with using methods to ensure they will contribute to society in the future but must be viewed with great suspicion
agreed
While true, I think communists need to acknowledge the coercion at play here too. I’ve personally worked for plenty of managers in my life who sympathize with the workers they are tasked with supervising, but their hands are just as tied by their higher ups to do anything about it. If they don’t fulfill their function they’ll be replaced as well, and it’s not like a lot of these people’s are living glamorous lives either.
Just something to keep in mind when we find ourselves in dialogue with members of the management class.
I feel very suspicious of them. Why would they have chosen to become a manager in that case?
Better material conditions of course. Benefits. A manager with an expensive chronic illness is gonna need that health insurance. A manager with kids to support is gonna need that employer-sponsored savings account.
We need to recognize and emphasize the coercion factor that divides the working class, not focus so much on the moral failings that come from that.