I have a question: would we be considered bourgeoisie or is that a term used for people that employ workers?

bouregoise is the rich middle class which owns businesses or corperations

having a lot of money as a middle class worker doesnt really fit the position of bouregoise

Ok

What do you guys think about financial analysts or people that work in finance?

my ma is not bourgeoise even though she is a banker and has associates working under her because she worked her way to the position under a boss

which she still does

So what you're saying is that as long as there is someone above you, you can't be a bourgeoisie?

Workers don't exploit anyone

They aren't extracting surplus value from other workers, they don't own the business

If something they could receive wages from other workers, passed from the bourgeoisie; that's called the labour aristocracy

What about a financial analyst that gambles the savings of others or bets on the livelihoods of others?

probably labour aristocracy

but speculation?

Some marxist economists consider it another for of exploitation

but they aren't owning other workers

I feel bad now because I might study finance in school

https://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/b/o.htm

No

Other person would do otherwise

a society can't be changed voluntarily by studying this or not

as i understand it

if you own MOP and hire people, you are bourgeoisie

you dont own MOP and work for wage, you are proletarian

yes

but there are labour aristocracy analysis, and maoist third worldists

bourgeois can be big, medium, very big (etc) or petit bourgeoisie

petit bourgeoisie is bourgeoisie that owns MOP, hire people but doesnt extract enough surplus value because it owns few MOP and he has to work himself

But can't you for an example own a foodstand, and not having anyone employed, and still be an Poletarian?

basically small business

if you own a MOP and only work yourself here

you are self employed

which is technically a petit bourgeois but you are like the smallest bourgeois possible

peasant who works on his private piece of land, even if he is very poor, is bourgeois

just very small

if peasant works on someone's else land for wage, however, he is proletarian

Okay, that means most of my family is petty bourgeois...

this is why Lenin said that peasants have double heart

well

my father is very bright example of petit bourgeois

he is director of small factory