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In its wider sense it means those of the middle class, originally neither [[aristocrat]]ic nor [[peasant]] and was the French equivalent of [[Burgess]] ([[English]]) or Burgher ([[German]]). All were citizens or freemen of the [[medieval]] ''burgh'' or town from whence we get the modern "Borough". By extension, the adjective "bourgeois" can mean hum-drum, unimaginative, conventional and the like. | In its wider sense it means those of the middle class, originally neither [[aristocrat]]ic nor [[peasant]] and was the French equivalent of [[Burgess]] ([[English]]) or Burgher ([[German]]). All were citizens or freemen of the [[medieval]] ''burgh'' or town from whence we get the modern "Borough". By extension, the adjective "bourgeois" can mean hum-drum, unimaginative, conventional and the like. | ||
| − | + | == Quotes from Lenin == | |
| + | * “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]] | ||
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* [[Social class]] | * [[Social class]] | ||
* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]] | * [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]] | ||
| + | * Bourgeoisie - some say [[White collar]] | ||
| + | * [[Working class]] - or laboring class - some say [[Blue collar]] | ||
| + | * [[Working class values]] - [[American values]] - [[Real America]] | ||
* [[Proletariat]] | * [[Proletariat]] | ||
| + | * [[Caste system]] | ||
| + | * The [[poor]] - [[peasant]] class | ||
| + | * [[Welfare state]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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| + | ==External Sites== | ||
| + | * http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/the-real-meaning-of-downward-class-migration | ||
| + | * http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/do-not-make-fun-of-those-that-have-fallen-out-of-the-middle-class-you-could-be-next | ||
[[Category:Dictionary]] | [[Category:Dictionary]] | ||
[[Category:Economics]] | [[Category:Economics]] | ||
[[Category:Marxist terminology]] | [[Category:Marxist terminology]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Communism]] | ||
Revision as of 11:51, April 10, 2016
Bourgeoisie is a term used in classical Marxism for the social class that controls the means of production. In opposition to the proletariat class, who earn income from the sale of their labor, the bourgeoisie class generates income through the processes of capital.
In its wider sense it means those of the middle class, originally neither aristocratic nor peasant and was the French equivalent of Burgess (English) or Burgher (German). All were citizens or freemen of the medieval burgh or town from whence we get the modern "Borough". By extension, the adjective "bourgeois" can mean hum-drum, unimaginative, conventional and the like.
Quotes from Lenin
- “The way to crush the middle class is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.” -- Lenin
See Also
- Social class
- Aristocracy or Nobility
- Bourgeoisie - some say White collar
- Working class - or laboring class - some say Blue collar
- Working class values - American values - Real America
- Proletariat
- Caste system
- The poor - peasant class
- Welfare state