Just like how the proletariat is divided thanks to class unconsciousness, I wonder if the same sometimes dogs the bourgeoisie. Wars are a key example where even a united bourgeois class can enter conflict with itself.

There are growing divisions within the capitalists about how to navigate the latest wave of imperial crises, and with that has come a cold war of political influences and the conflict within a usually-united class. Whilst this will threaten global capital, and with it many capitalists, there will be others who take the spoils of the coming disruption for their own gain.

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Funnily enough, the bourgeoisie are usually united in class unconsciousness. Unlike workers, when they act out of a narrow self interest, it tends to constructively interfere. And the US, they've been acting inside a liberal legal system designed to cushion any harsh consequences that kind of blind profit seeking leads to. A few of them are more aware, but it just means when they act out of narrow self interests, it's just a little more savvy and with a slightly broader time horizon. Bezos and Buffet already liquidated a bunch of wealth last November.

[–] Lemister@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

The bourgeoisie are always class conscious, but fractured by campism, they DO come together if capitalism is sufficiently threatened. They are a homogeneous blob in the sense that they oppose working class movements and labour emancipation, but the struggle over the division of the earth is always there.