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Lumpenproletariat
Meaning
Noun
●
In Marxism & Collectives:
The
lowest
stratum
of the
proletariat
, whose
mental
and physical health,
mores
and
morale
have
deteriorated
, through
exploitation
by the
bourgeoisie
,
to a degree
where they cannot
build
class consciousness
and hence cannot be
mobilized
for the revolution.
●
In Collectives:
A social
underclass
; the riffraff.
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Petit Bourgeois
Petty Bourgeois
Lower Class
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