• SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      On that note, Bourgeois means “middle class” in a literal translation to English, but it refers to “middle class” in an English sense rather than an American one. Doctors/Lawyers/Business Managers instead of a catch-all that anyone can self-identify as.

      I just think that’s neat.

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        Bourgeoisie mean city-dwellers. They were the rich ones surviving off the peasantry. The parasites.

        Kinda like now except now the peasantry is in the third world. Americans are still bourgeois.