If you can't afford to live without working, them you're working class. If you could quit your job and maintain a decent lifestyle, you're not working class anymore.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I get confused. bourgeois = middle class
proletariat = working class

What is the name for the rich?

[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

bourgeois = middle class

iirc bourgeois is non-aristocratic upper class. But i guess it depends heavily on the context

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You could be right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

~~It is possible that the meaning of "middle class" has changed. So Musk is middle class, but the lawyer or pizza shop owner are not.~~

Edit: shit, I should have read farther. Bourgeois is used in multiple ideologies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

The two classes are the proletariat, who make up the majority of the population within society and must sell their labor power to survive, and the bourgeoisie, a small minority that derives profit from employing the working class through private ownership of the means of production.