That's rich coming from the community whose jannies decreed truckers weren't working class and banned all who disagreed.
Truckers who own and operate their own trucks aren't workers by a Marxist definition as they own their own means of production. Regular truckers who work for a company absolutely are.
Truckers who own and operate their own trucks aren't workers by a Marxist definition as they own their own means of production. Regular truckers who work for a company absolutely are.
If your intellectual framework declares that truckers are not working class, your framework does not match the world it claims to model. Truckers are obviously working class in every fibre of their being to anyone who interacts with them. Excluding them is such an obvious dysjunct that doubling down calls into question whether the community's definition of working class exists to describe the world at all, or if it exists to support a mental system.
Excluding them is such an obvious dysjunct that doubling down calls into question whether the community's definition of working class exists to describe the world at all, or if it exists to support a mental system.
Don't know what system that would be, but this certainly underscores how outdated the definition is for practical and political purposes.
If your intellectual framework declares that truckers are not working class, your framework does not match the world it claims to model. Truckers are obviously working class in every fibre of their being to anyone who interacts with them. Excluding them is such an obvious dysjunct that doubling down calls into question whether the community's definition of working class exists to describe the world at all, or if it exists to support a mental system.
You misunderstand. I agree it's outdated. But, at no point did I say all truckers. Just owner/operators who ,by technicality, count as petite bourgeoisie. It is a testament to how capitalism is degrading that they have similar living conditions of the proletariat. Any truckers who works for a company or otherwise drives someone else's truck for a living is working class. Their is nuance and not all Marxist forget this. It would be wise for you not do so as well.
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