From Philosophical Research
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- petty bourgeoisie -> the non-fictional motif of a particular definition of a non-proletarian class mainly seen in mainstream Marxism-Leninism but maybe in Trotskyist texts. (that was a weirdly repetitive sentence but I'm not fixing it.) I think Trotskyists might get the definition a bit wrong versus what mainstream Marxism-Leninism says, though I'm not positive about that. I do know Trotskyists have this weird implied belief that them existing cancels out the existence of any other petty bourgeoisie because they're the good ones so bad ones must not exist any more.
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- Indie games are the petty bourgeoisie
- Toby Fox is a member of the petty bourgeoisie / Toby Fox was a member of the petty bourgeoisie in 2016 -> let's just drop some uncomfortable truths that should be perfectly obvious to any Marxist but are not obvious to any normal progressive who talks about "trans rights", "abortion", "the Republic of Gilead", and "fascism". (none of these are bad topics by themselves, but the thing is that you can probably already hear in your head the exact framing and the tone they're said in. that's the problem.) the great thing about this ontology project is we can drop as many of these ridiculously-specific claims as needed.
- Scott Cawthon is a member of the petty bourgeoisie -> nobody necessarily likes him as a person (and they don't know him, so that's not an insult either, technically) but they definitely talk a whole lot about how a game made by one person can "change the landscape of games".
- Andrew Hussie is a member of the petty bourgeoisie -> again somebody people have become neutral about due to his tone-deaf "very White" writing early on. the Berdly style of writing, we've all done it, there's only so much shame in it.
- Everyone in Deltarune is the petty bourgeoisie -> Asgore sticks out the most when the word "shop" is put next to him immediately but like, everything is a tiny business or teeny government institution. it's kind of just logically true the second you start thinking about it.
- Trotsky was a member of the petty bourgeoisie -> claim given in Trotskyism: Counter-revolution in disguise (Q21,44). a concept that always stuck out at me from the first moment I heard of him and that as a result I have to pretty much agree with.
