Who, or what, is the “middle class”? Most people identify themselves as middle class, but what does that mean, and what difference does it make? This article’s first focus is on the concept of middle class, especially the way people understand it and use it, from the perspectives of tho...

This… is actually not a bad article. I would recommend it and maybe form your own opinions on the topic afterward. I do feel that the term “middle class,” while perhaps useful in some cases, mostly obscures the social situation in which we often find ourselves in. Well, certainly better than the People’s World articles, at the very least.

  • T34 [they/them]
    3•3 years ago

    IMO this ignores the international division of labor.

    Let’s say there was a revolution in the US and the workers seized Walmart. They still wouldn’t control the means of production, only the means of circulation. Production is controlled by other companies in other countries.

    Then the bourgeoisie of the world would impose sanctions on the new country that would make the ones on Venezuela look like child’s play. No more goods would get into the country. Walmart workers could distribute whatever was on the store shelves, but as soon as that ran out they’d be out of luck.

    Proletarian class consciousness and solidarity has to encompass the full international division of labor, from agriculture and extraction, to manufacturing, to information and distribution.