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Apocryphal quote, but always fun (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A liberal would already know why they can't-

Oh! This is for "American libs". Totally opposite things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Language is a funny thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On that note, Bourgeois means "middle class" in a literal translation to English, but it refers to "middle class" in an English sense rather than an American one. Doctors/Lawyers/Business Managers instead of a catch-all that anyone can self-identify as.

I just think that's neat.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Bourgeoisie mean city-dwellers. They were the rich ones surviving off the peasantry. The parasites.

Kinda like now except now the peasantry is in the third world. Americans are still bourgeois.