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The '''Lumpenproletariat''' are those whom Marx and his contemporaries viewed as ''not useful'' to establishing worldwide socialism. | The '''Lumpenproletariat''' are those whom Marx and his contemporaries viewed as ''not useful'' to establishing worldwide socialism, basically riff-raff. Those deemed the lumpenproletariat were mostly [[incel]]s, criminals, or those that serviced incels. More specifically the lumpenproletariat included:<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/0191-6599%2887%2990164-1</ref> | ||
{{Quote|vagabonds (homeless/grifters), [...] discharged convicts [...] lazzaroni (gig-working, or begging homeless), pickpockets, [...] gamblers, brothel keepers, porters, literati, organ grinders, rag-pickers (nowadays, can-collecting, and the like), knife-grinders, tinkers (blue-collar workers), and beggars|Karl Marx}} | {{Quote|vagabonds (homeless/grifters), [...] discharged convicts [...] lazzaroni (gig-working, or begging homeless), pickpockets, [...] gamblers, brothel keepers, porters, literati, organ grinders, rag-pickers (nowadays, can-collecting, and the like), knife-grinders, tinkers (blue-collar workers), and beggars|Karl Marx}} | ||
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==Why many socialists hate incels according to Marxist theory== | ==Why many socialists hate incels according to Marxist theory== | ||
The accusation is that extremely poor people are dependent on things like cash handouts from the | The accusation is that extremely poor people are dependent on things like cash handouts from the bourgeoisie for sustenance, and therefore would be traitors to those who work for a living if given the chance. Karl Marx famously referred to the support the French dictator/emperor Napoleon III received from the underclasses of French society at the time as an example of this. Which is largely true. But what Marx and company fail to take into account is that their open hostility toward the lumpenproletarian causes a lot of this. For example, today's socialist left typically have no interest in [[incel]] issues and use them as a butt of a joke. That isn't going to propel incels to do anything but hate socialists (for good reason). | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||