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The middle class of society.

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  • Lots of members of the bourgeoisie fled Russia when the revolution started.
  • Difference between him - and the bourgeoisie is that he robs without illusion.
  • Difference between him — and the bourgeoisie is that he robs without illusion.
  • If, as Marx put it, the modern bourgeoisie is itself the product of a long course of development
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  • A "bourgeois" is a male of the middle class, a "bourgeoise" is a female of the middle class, and the "bourgeoisie" is the middle class. The "booboisie" is a class composed of fools and oafs.
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