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Seriously, I am unable to really find much about them outside of short lines from Marx and Mao about their potential destructiveness among other things, but I still do not really know what that "class" is. It seems to refer to the poorest members of society that includes unemployed, criminals, homeless, etc.. And are they really so incapable of being utilized in revolutionary activities as they are portrayed?

Edit: By "destructiveness", I refer to how Marx and Mao portrayed them as people that are not considered reliable allies in any proletarian revolution (though even this understanding might be wrong because I think the explanations about them are vague).

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[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Would they consider the lumpenproles the so called reserve army of labor? I’ve always felt that I’ve identified more with being a lumpenprole, seeing as how my employment history has been fraught with random jobs and periods of unemployment.

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 week ago

Yes, but don't focus on who is in the group. It doesn't matter. The main characteristic is that a lumpenproletariat lacks any sort of class conscioussness.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 week ago

They can be, generally the reserve army of labor falls under the category of paupers.