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I find it really weird all the uses of "bourgeois". It reads like an insult to the characters and is very insensitive to how criminal communism was and still is
by throwawayay02 6y ago
I find it really weird all the uses of "bourgeois". It reads like an insult to the characters and is very insensitive to how criminal communism was and still is. It feels like reading something sprinkled with words popularized from Mein Kampf, if there are any.
- charbuff 6y agoI believe there is 1 single use of the word bourgeois in this whole graphic article. It is used to define "of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes." Which is a neat and succinct way of representing the "order and rationality" of the referenced people spoken of in this piece. Nothing egregious here.
- techer 6y agoVery normal word from where I'm from (UK). Has multiple connotations.
- teachrdan 6y agoThe only use of "bourgeois" I see is a reference to a Moomin's return to "bourgeois life." In this context that just means "middle class," which, to be fair, is synonymous with "safe and boring" in this context. I think you're conflating this usage with Marx's later usage, which refers to the wealthy ruling class, like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates today. Not sure I see the connection between Marxist theory and Mein Kampf.