▲ 21 ▼ Does buying stock in Robinhood make someone a petit bourgeois due to the person benefitting from a company’s surplus value? (lemmygrad.ml) submitted 2 years ago* by CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) You could even own a factory.... Lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) And at the same time write the most important communist piece in history! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But wouldn't owning factories make you a class traitor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago The person I was aiming at is Engels, who came from a factory owning family. He did not technically completely own a factory (without going into too much details) but he was still born in a bourgeoisie family and profited off the labor of others. You could call Engels a class traitor for this but he still wrote some of the most important communist theory out there. Sometimes it's not that black and white. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But wouldn't that make someone a class traitor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that isn't being a communist factory owner immoral? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] relay@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Being a class traitor in the Marxist sense is understood to be good if they are betraying the Bourgeoisie. The position on the Left in general is siding with the Proletariet (workers) against the Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) And at the same time write the most important communist piece in history! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But wouldn't owning factories make you a class traitor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago The person I was aiming at is Engels, who came from a factory owning family. He did not technically completely own a factory (without going into too much details) but he was still born in a bourgeoisie family and profited off the labor of others. You could call Engels a class traitor for this but he still wrote some of the most important communist theory out there. Sometimes it's not that black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But wouldn't owning factories make you a class traitor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago The person I was aiming at is Engels, who came from a factory owning family. He did not technically completely own a factory (without going into too much details) but he was still born in a bourgeoisie family and profited off the labor of others. You could call Engels a class traitor for this but he still wrote some of the most important communist theory out there. Sometimes it's not that black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago The person I was aiming at is Engels, who came from a factory owning family. He did not technically completely own a factory (without going into too much details) but he was still born in a bourgeoisie family and profited off the labor of others. You could call Engels a class traitor for this but he still wrote some of the most important communist theory out there. Sometimes it's not that black and white. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) But wouldn't that make someone a class traitor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that isn't being a communist factory owner immoral? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] relay@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Being a class traitor in the Marxist sense is understood to be good if they are betraying the Bourgeoisie. The position on the Left in general is siding with the Proletariet (workers) against the Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that isn't being a communist factory owner immoral? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] relay@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Being a class traitor in the Marxist sense is understood to be good if they are betraying the Bourgeoisie. The position on the Left in general is siding with the Proletariet (workers) against the Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I meant that isn't being a communist factory owner immoral? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] relay@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Being a class traitor in the Marxist sense is understood to be good if they are betraying the Bourgeoisie. The position on the Left in general is siding with the Proletariet (workers) against the Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] relay@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago Being a class traitor in the Marxist sense is understood to be good if they are betraying the Bourgeoisie. The position on the Left in general is siding with the Proletariet (workers) against the Bourgeoisie (the owners of the means of production) permalink fedilink source parent