You would have to understand class in the academic sense, as opposed to what you've been told your entire life, so being confused is entirely understandable.
Class is a term that relates to an individual's relationship with the means of production in a society. The means of production is the capital property, of course, the businesses, the factories, productive agricultural land. This relationship is material, meaningful, and provides a precise description of class in society.
Class is not about whether you swing a hammer or use a Macbook.
Hacker News comments are not the appropriate place to learn or teach any of this, because quite frankly I'm tired.
The Communist Manifesto is twenty pages. It's available freely online. Yes, it's greatly simplified propaganda from the 19th century. That said, you should take an hour to read it, and then hit up Wikipedia, look for counter arguments, whatever, make up your own mind - once you do, see if you come back and believe that Krein knows much of anything at all.
Class is a term that relates to an individual's relationship with the means of production in a society. The means of production is the capital property, of course, the businesses, the factories, productive agricultural land. This relationship is material, meaningful, and provides a precise description of class in society.
Class is not about whether you swing a hammer or use a Macbook.
Hacker News comments are not the appropriate place to learn or teach any of this, because quite frankly I'm tired.
The Communist Manifesto is twenty pages. It's available freely online. Yes, it's greatly simplified propaganda from the 19th century. That said, you should take an hour to read it, and then hit up Wikipedia, look for counter arguments, whatever, make up your own mind - once you do, see if you come back and believe that Krein knows much of anything at all.