>I own two shares of GM stock, so I am one of the enemy? I'm by far not well enough versed in Marxist theory, though you're probably not. The bourgeoisie is de

>I own two shares of GM stock, so I am one of the enemy? I'm by far not well enough versed in Marxist theory, though you're probably not. The bourgeoisie is defined by roughly the following characteristics: ownership of the means of production (i.e capital) and the extraction of surplus from the proletariat. The ownership of stocks is according to Marx 'fictitious capital', it does not count as capital which the bourgeois would be defined by, and as such, unless you are also the owner of machinery or materials used in conjunction with the machinery (including labour-time) then you are not a capitalist. A rough guide is as follows: do you directly profit from extraction of surplus value? If so, you are probably a capitalist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_capital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_capital