I live in Austria and noticed recently, due to my boss and colleagues using it, that the word "Prolet" is being used as a swear word for basically uncultured people in german. Before reading theory, I wasn't aware of the link to marxism.
Now, I wanted to ask if any of you have heard the word being used in the same way in your languages. I'm wondering if it's used that way only in german. Do you think this might be a way to make people instinctively steer away from communism? Feels like a way to degrade the working class.
no, I've never heard anyone even use the word proletariat/prole in English outside of discussions about marxism
I come from a relatively wealthy background in México and ive definitely heard it used as an insult by the rich. Also its very common to hear "corriente" (common) as an insult by the rich too.
Yeah, in English some people say pleb like plebeian which obviously is a similar connotation and I would say that we have that which is similar
Seems to be a german thing. I guess in english "White Trash" is kind of comparable. But Prolet has its pejorative meaning beyond skin colour.
It is definitely beeing used to degrade the working class. The german wikipedia article describes it well.
no, but marxists with right wing deviance may use lupem as an insult, meaning you are to poor and uneducated to understand this refined theory
