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Is "Prolet" becoming an insult?
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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.
Bruh, "commoner" certainly wins the price in alienating most of a country's populace. There's many words in german that describe the poorer masses in a degrading way. I'm sure the rich use those casually, but I personally only heard them being used in memes. I guess the difference here is that 'Prolet' is being used by working class ppl to insult other workers who they deem to be 'trashy human beings'.
Our boggies are so malinchistas (hate our people and themselves) that they call mexican music as "musica corriente" in a degrading way lmao.
Our media is beyond awful, if you want to have a look at what our rich guys opinions look at Ricardo Salinas Pliego Twitter, one of the richest guys here owner of TV Azteca (one of the main media channels, of course privatized after mexico defaulted in the 80s/90s). He has to be one of the most publicly hateful guys on earth, and as you may know media reflects the views of their owners.