How The American Bourgeoisie Is Practicing Divide And Conquer To Keep People Poor

[KingCharlemagne]

1. "bourgeoisie landowner" is something of a contradiction in terms (and a grammatical

faux pas to boot). The 'bourgeoisie' own the means of production but this is not usually thought of as 'land' but rather industrial plants in urban or suburban centers; the bourgeoisie are usually contrasted with the 'proletariat' who, again, are urban workers toiling at industrial plants with only their labor to sell. Land-owners who did not have to work the land themselve but could live off their rents would be more properly called 'gentry' and those who worked the land 'peasants.'

The adjectival form of the word is 'bourgeois,' so it would be a 'bourgeois landowner' (and not a 'bourgeoisie landowner'). If Bill Gates owned a farm -- and I'm sure he owns more than one by now -- he would be a bourgeois landowner. He is also a member of the bourgeoisie and certainly not a proletarian.