Lumpenproletariat
In Marxist-Leninist theory, the lumpenproletariat is a non-refolitionary and often counter-revolutionary class which is comprised of criminals, thieves, drug addicts, prostitutes, and homeless people. This class is the most ripe for opportunism since they have little left to lose and everything to gain– but in the face of this simple fact, they are more willing to serve the bourgeoisie against the proletariat because they'll get paid.
In early capitalism, according to Friedrich Engels, the lumpenproletariat were far more likely to join the proletarian movement behind the proletariat, but as capitalism became more ruthless and monopolized they sunk deeper into violent criminality, addiction, abuse, and other degenerative and destructive behaviors.
For anarchists and leftoids[1][2] the lumpenproletariat is the revolutionary subject rather than the proletariat, which leads anarchists and their allies to serve the lumpen almost exclusively, and make them the targets of their propaganda campaigns. This treatment of the lumpenproletariat by the anarchists leads to cliques of decadent, counter-revolutionary, violent, criminals, who are so thoroughly opportunistic that the bourgeoisie easily manipulates them through promise of money or power.
When the lumpenproletariat thus becomes "political" and "revolutionary" on behalf of capital, the result is fascism, "the open terrorist dictatorship of capital", as Georgi Dimitrov defined it. One example of such historical development was the Iron Fist organization in the Weimar Republic, which was made up of violent criminals, pedophiles, drug addicts, and street brawlers and later became the Nazi Party. Another such example was Mussolini, who was inspired by his father to become an anarchist, and soon thereafter became an agent of MI6, a street thug and violent criminal, a columnist in support of anarchism and terrorism, and leader and founder of an armed anarchist group which grew into the National Fascist Party. Other such examples can be found on the anarchism page.
In British-occupied India, the Koli people were known for robberies, murder, and stealing livestock.[3] In the Great Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, the British formed the Deccan Koli Corps[4] and the Gujarat Koli Corps[5]. Regular troops were withdrawn in 1860, but the Kolis continued to serve loyally until 1861, and after that some entered the police.[6] They were honored with the British "Mutiny Medal".
Service sector
In a letter to Engels on June 5, 1882, Karl Marx described hotel servants - porters, kitchen staff, and cleaners - as lumpenproletariat.
This reflects their unproductive character. To Marx, serving mainly bourgeois is not "real work", productive work. It serves to allow them be unproductive "idlers", hence it is itself unproductive.
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References
- ↑ @PunishedCommie on X (who is anti-ACP) supporting the Jokerist movement in the Dark Knight Rises. (The movement was originally written as led by the Joker, but this was changed because Heath Ledger died. Still, Bane and the anti-lumpen League of Shadows only allow the Jokerist lumpen movement to destroy Gotham in order to justify their destruction of all the Gothamese.
- ↑ Leftcom "Cuck Philosophy" supporting the lumpen Joker as a "revolutionary".
- ↑ A case study of the Koli tribe. This source defends them as rooted in rebellion against Persian and Mughal conquerors, but it's irrelevant here how or when they became anti-social. We are just pointing out that they were anti-social in the British era, and at the same time some of the most useful soldiers for the British Empire.
- ↑ Kennedy, Michael (1985). The Criminal Classes in India. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 92.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=1JKCDQAAQBAJ&dq=Koli+corps&pg=PA147
- ↑ Hassan, Syed Siraj ul (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions. New Delhi, India, Asia: Asian Educational Services. p. 334. ISBN 978-81-206-0488-9.