Was thinking about the distinctions of this and wondering…
Would it be accurate to say that the petite bourgeoisie are on the same ladder as the bourgeoisie? Or to put it in more English terms, would it to be accurate to say that small business owners are on the same ladder as Jeff Bezos? Just on a much lower rung?
Versus, in this analogy, the proletariat (or working class), are not on the ladder at all.
The idea being that the small business owner is in a less organized stage of development toward the same thing as the conglomerate (if this is happening under capitalist rule). Whereas the working class cannot organically develop in that direction (I suppose a few could through stocks, but that seems like on the level of winning the lottery).
Want to make sure I have my metaphors straight.
My dad was a baker. He had two shops, family business. His class conciousness was somehow there but he also whined about unemployed people and taxes and stuff. That being said, compared to his lifestyle, unionized blue collar job were a sinecure. He was always somehow of a rebel. Now he’s in the public train company he goes harder than the reformist union people lmao