Charles Brown wrote:
>
> Sharpton is an extremely smart, well-informed, and witty guy, who
> could crush almost any brand-name politician in a debate. Yeah, his
> hairdo is a little odd, and he used to wear tracksuits many years
> ago, but I really don't get how he can be characterized as some sort
> of spokesperson for the lumpenproletariat.
>
> Doug
>
> ^^^^^^
> CB; You know. He opposes police brutality, and the police are trying to
> eliminate that stratum like Woj wants.
The concept of the lumpen has no analytic power -- but if one must use it, the concept of being declassed has to be central -- which means that to understand lumpen in the u.s. one must begin by identifying police & prison guards as central to the lumpen element. Wojtek's hysteria puts him among the lumpen too.
Carrol