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.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 days ago

    i very much share this view, there can be an abyss of difference between the petit-bourgeoisie and the large propietors while the difference between the average wage worker and the average petit-bourgeoisie can be quite small.

    Reminded me of that quote by that basketball player “White mamba” where he said “i’m closer to lebron than you are to me”.