thoughts on elites

[Dan '82]

Michael Albert calls corporate and government bureaucrats the coordinator class. In practice Marxism and many other left wing movements end up empowering the coordinator/bureaucratic class as much if not more than the working class.  The modern left seems to be dominated by the bureaucratic, intellectual and creative classes and not the working class.

I think the petite bourgeoisie, particularly single person firms is still an important element in part because it is what the working class aspires to be and it is a strong influence on the working class due to mutual affinity, the  petite bourgeoisie or less likely to look down on the working class than other upper classes.

Here's an essay on the petite bourgeoisie