Matthew wrote:
BTW, bourgeoisie absolutely means middle class albeit upper middle class. It was the class in the French revolution who were not part of the nobility per se, but who made money through business practices
A marxist writes... Yes. The bourgeoisie in marxist thinking is NOT the ruling classes, they are a product of the dialectical cycle, created by the oppression of the upper classes. Marxtastically speaking it is the bourgeoisie who rise up and bring down the upper classes, for a short time, until the proletariat take over. Let me hear ya say YEAH! Legin xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------