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.
Thanks for the replies. Don’t have followup to add for all of them, but I am reading it all and digesting. My general takeaway so far (welcome to further correction/commentary) is:
“Keep class interests in mind, but be careful of oversimplifying where people land in it and what that means for them, especially if they are a group that is closer to proletariat than to capitalist.”