On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Much of the petty bourgoisie is, I qouls imagine, "hard pressed." But
> why do you use the epithet "hated"?
Because they're a frequent target of withering criticism from Marxists, including myself: the base for right-wing populism, contemptuous and/or fearful of both the working class and big bourgeoisie, opposed to gov regulation and affirmative action, etc. etc.