Academic disciplines developed and thrive to the extent that they can do things for the people who finance them. The individuals who established some intellectual legitimacy for them did not necessarily choose that role, and those individuals who work within them--are no more responsible than an assembly line worker is for what their industry did and does. These are institutional questions and issues of power rather than moralizing over this or that person..
You can call anything based on any criteria you choose, and people can judge the legitimacy of the use. The idea of defining classes by the worth of an estate or the amount of income is has great legitimacy for the people who gather the taxes and project revenues available to the government. Not how Marxists have done it historically, because we've been trying to understand is somewhat different. But, by all means, suit yourself. Cheers, Mark L. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#4594): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/4594 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79053974/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
