
Downstream: Social Mobility Is A Lie w/ Dan Evans
Novara Media
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The Petty Bourgeoise
The term petty bourgeois is often seen as like an insult. It means little, small, small bourgeoisie because he's a tax driver and owns his own taxes. Marx basically said that the pettyourgeoisie would disappear with monopoly capitalism. So what I argue about is that this didn't actually happen - it has survived against the odds. Deliberately grown by Margaret Thatcher.
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