We have to take a complex view of the Freedom Convoy. At the level of organizers it's a grisly collection of far right extremists (racists & seditionists) backed by petit bourgeois & plutocratic tyrants. But on level of mass support it is harnessing wider popular discontent.https://twitter.com/ChrisBurkeShay/status/1495776036805611520 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I detect a sneer at the petit bourgeois. Wouldn't their funding be the sincerest and earnest?
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Replying to @davidclarkphel1
Most people are sincere and earnest. But the class interest of the p.b. is not the same as the working class. As I point out, convoy leaders have previously organized strike breaking operations.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
agree with your class distinctions. The p.b. are mistakenly portrayed as the provincial lower-middle class. The Poseurs. Wrong. The p.b is urbane, highly educated. The big chunk of the elite in addition to the provincial "affluent," a group that would include the convoy leaders
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That's right. The p.b. is the real organizing hub of most reactionary politics. A highly aware, politicized and networked group.
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