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Eating is overrated (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1927718

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure that the makers of the dictionary would take offense being Merriam Webster... however you are correct in that they are inaccurate.

A very simple etymological search shows that that bourgeoisie in french means "a class of business owners and merchants from the late middle ages".

Meaning, people who make money from the labor of others (not providing goods or services). Your note of the petite bourgeoisie fits here nicely.

Thank you for the provoked little journey of discovery. Also no, I'm not real.

Cheerio!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Glad you learned something. Normally this is where I get told that the marxist version of the term is wrong or dumb even though it's closer to the original meaning than the modern definition.

I am sure the authors of Merriam Webster don't mean anything harmful. Dictionaries update their definitions based on how they see the term being used, and many modern people don't respect the original meaning of the term. In political circles we still use the original meaning. You can see why this causes confusion.