[lbo-talk] ciao, unions

[Eric Beck]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 24, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
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>> Out of curiosity, and not speaking just to Joanna, but when people on
>> this list talk about "the working class," do they include themselves
>> in it?
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> I'm not. I'm a member of the hated petite bourgeoisie.

Are freelancers petite bourgeoisie, or are they working class or
middle class? From here, you look more like a freelancer than a
business owner. I guess for you, though, the things required to run
LBO are not insignificant and separate you in some way from most
freelancers. It seems to me that neoliberalism--in which even workers
are more like enterprises--has mostly erased the distinction between
p.b. and w.c.