Everybody knows about the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. You may even know about the petty bourgeoisie, which is an English corruption of “petite” bourgeoisie. That’s group consists of small shop keepers or artisans.
You may be less familiar with the “lumpenproletariat.” These are people who are not workers, not owners, but rather people on the edge of society. These are the thugs, the criminals. In high school they aren’t part of the college bound group, nor are they learning any type of trade. They are the tough guys who hang around and think learning of any kind is stupid. They might sell some dope, abuse some women, look for the angles.
Marx thought they were the kind of people who would work short time as strikebreakers or could be recruited to beat up labor organizers. They have no morals, no empathy, no class loyalties.
They are the group the ICE recruiters are targeting.
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