So yeah, borgerlig means “bourgeois” but it also means “right-wing” or more broadly just “not socialist”. And so I’ve had to hear right-wing dipshits say this election stuff like
- Vote bourgeois! (this message paid for by Some Guy With a German Last Name Joint Stock Company)
- Do you want a bourgeois victory in this election? Then you better vote for these parties!
- I could never in my life vote for the Reds, I’ll be voting bourgeois this election. Here’s to a bourgeois victory!
- Et cetera
And this is just seen as completely normal. It boggles the mind how this terminology practically rubs your face in how right-wing politics only benefit the ruling class, and yet people still end up supporting it somehow?!
Ehh those people just think “socialism” means “nice welfare state.” Although it’s telling that they need to center that within a European context.
Something something moderate wing of fascism something something imperialism turned inwards
I think Nordic “socialism” defenders in a lot of cases are people who only see the more superficial issues with capitalism and want a superficial solution. 80%+ chance they regularly complain about “tankies”.
I don’t think it’s so much that they only see superficial issues, more that only have a superficial analysis of why the issues exists. Thus we get some neat “redistribution” of the wealth but no analysis of the exploitation required for the wealth.
EVERY MAN A KING!
I think we more-or-less agree, they (for example) want the rich to pay their “fair share” but don’t want to dismantle them as a class.