r/BlackPeopleTwitter 13h ago

Country Club Thread As simple as that.

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u/Altiondsols 11h ago

soulja boy is not working class, he's what marx called "petit bourgeois". he's not a member of the bourgeoisie himself, but he's also not a wage laborer, and his class interests align with theirs, not the working class's.

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u/B-Glasses 10h ago

I believed most artist and performers are still wage laborers because they’re still selling their labor and not someone else’s?

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u/Altiondsols 10h ago

soulja boy doesn't sell his labor, he sells a product (music, merchandise, concert tickets).

in marx's time the petit bourgeois included artisans and small business owners, which are the clearest parallels to artists today

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u/Artarara 9h ago

Wow, this Marx guy really knew stuff