the proletariat isn’t a culture it’s a class! we’re defined by our material position, not our hobbies. so if you begin “the proletariat enjoys” or even “the proletariat thinks” you’ll always end with a reductive statement (at best laughable and at worst insulting & alienating) and you’re missing the damn point of class analysis
i’m not saying an analysis of the superstructure isn’t important bc it is and you all know it’s what i spend 80% of my time on because frankly it’s all i’m good for. but the correct approach isn’t to make some wild overarching claims about what differentiates proletarian and bourgeois culture and then attach innate value to everything you’ve associated with the proletariat
Hearing people talk about economic/class issues in terms of culture always makes me think of conservatives and right-libertarians complaining about left-wing “elites” (i.e., working-class people who live in cities, recycle, occasionally drink a latte, etc.) and fawning over “blue-collar billionaires” (i.e., obscenely rich people who think they’re still good ol’ regular folks ‘cause they drive a pick-up truck and say racial slurs sometimes).
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