i was about to make a joke-tweet ending with "#proleproblems", but then i wondered-
What is the exact definition of "proletariat"...?
And as a stripper, do I even qualify?
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(according to Dictionary.com)
proletariat: n.
1. the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.
2. (in Marxist theory) the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
3. the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, especially in ancient Rome.
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And from Wikipedia:
The term proletariat is used in Marxist theory to name the social class that does not have ownership of the means of production and whose only means of subsistence is to sell their labour power[10] for a wage or salary. Proletarians are wage-workers, while some refer to those who receive salaries as the salariat. For Marx, however, wage labor may involve getting a salary rather than a wage per se. Marxism sees the proletariat and bourgeoisie (capitalist class) as occupying conflicting positions, since workers automatically wish their wages to be as high as possible, while owners and their proxies wish for wages (costs) to be as low as possible.
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So...
Does that mean...
A) all strippers who are capitalist independent contractors and NOT wage-workers = bourgeoisie,
B) all strippers who are salaried employees = proletarians...?
Are strippers= business owners selling products (the product of fantasy), or are strippers= laborers?



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