All great movements start with people putting aside the petty things and working together to make tomorrow better.
Greed is the problem. My problem with any 'ism', Capitalism, socialism, communism, etc. is that there while the majority of people in the world want for a just society where all things are equal as much as possible, the system can be abused by an intelligent few who are greedy (be it for power, wealth, etc.) The want for a lot with little effort exists. In regards to the mindset of the few massively wealthy individuals that hold the majority of wealth in the world, this is true.
I'd like to mention that I know some people who own smaller companies, ones that they've worked months without a day off or an income to get up and running. They are also seen with envy by some of those who are as I am, a worker. People living hand to mouth, paycheck to paycheck to get by and since they have more, are the target of wagging tongues and jealousy. The huge amounts of effort and tireless nights and stress and bankloans for materials aren't considered, only that they have more. In actuality, these small business owners are workers, they hold themselves accountable to themselves and their employees. But, so often, they'll be told "Must be nice." when a person learns that they own their own business.
They have employees, less than a hundred and two of them less than ten, who they are constantly striving to have the business succeed so as to keep providing them with benefits and higher wages. These friends that I have, don't distinguish themselves from their employees except for that they feel it is up to them to use the resources they have and the talent from their employees to make the business successful, for the sake of job security for the employees. (One of these doesn't even have a home of his own, he lives above his bakery.) These people bust their butts to provide as best as they can for their staff. These friends of mine have my respect in that they are doing the best that they can for both the business to succeed and for their employees to take home a wage from working that will help their families.
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Thus why the category Petit-Bourgeois exists. They work while aspiring to be bourgeois or work while using Capital. Capitalism is, at the end of the day, a profit calculator and consumes all without discrimination. All are forced, under Capitalism, to live under it and obey its rules, to do so is to proclaim yours and Capitalism’s death.
Regardless, things like co-ops do exist and are way more progressive under Capitalism than a Company/Corporation. However, they still have to extract Surplus Value to live another day as a co-op or face mass-unemployment. Regardless, a distinction must be made between bosses/CEOs and Capitalists. The former works to ensure the company’s survival; the latter is concerned with extracting Surplus Value, centralizing as much Surplus Value as humanly possible between themself and their friends and invest as much Capital is needed to get as much Surplus Value as they desire (but never feel fulfilled). Nonetheless, the former cannot even be nor feel to be a petit-bourgeois as they don’t own the Means of Production like their fellow prole. The term for them would essentially be a labour aristocrat as they still work but do live a more comfortable life, even if they still have to work harder to not get replaced.
And of course, to return to the Petit-Bourgeoisie, they have to learn to give in as they still remember the days of laboring and have an effective pro-worker class consciousness unlike the Bourgeoisie. However, dependent on their level of accumulation and Capital, some will swing hard with Workers and others will forge a petty alliance with the Bourgeoisie. Nonetheless, how one comports themself is dependent on them and how much they can actually see beyond the superficial details to see and fathom how complicated the Economic and Social mechanisms are. And like a cigar, there are many ways to smoke one, but so few lead to a good taste without harming another person.
But the Petite-Bourgeois definitely had their moments as friends to the Proletariat. One has to look to the PRC and USSR and how they handled their Petite-Bourgeoisie. The former forged a strong alliance (through New Democracy), yet the Workers led the revolution while the National and Petite-Bourgeoisie lead the development of the economy. Moreover, the Petite-Bourgeoisie was granted a voice until they became Bourgeois; even so, they were more inclune to relinquish their assets to their respective commune even before they even became Bourgeoisie (because they already developed the forces and means of production enough where things can start going). The USSR, like the PRC, did use the Petite-Bourgeoisie, but, unlike the PRC, limited in their voice in the Supreme Soviet (one has to still remember that the Workers where still in high fervor). In both cases, rarely did a Petite became full Bourgeois; withal, most integrated and became part of the Collectives/Communes considering they didn’t had to abide to Capitalist structures and Capitalist economics to live another day.
All-in-all, the World is messy and the Petite-Bourgeoisie are dying thanks to Capitalism exercizing them outta existence.
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