when you work a 9-5 (or 8-4) shift, come home by about 6 pm, only to take a shower and dose off to sleep until 8- 8:30 pm, before doing anything else; however, you are back in bed by 10-10:30 pm, because you have to get up early again the following morning and repeat the process.
the proletariat syndrome occurs most commonly in, as the name suggests, the working classes who don't work in offices, during the fall and winter months, usually September through late January, when the days are getting shorter. Also, the proletariat syndrome should never, under any circumstances, be confused with a real medical condition known as seasonal mood disorder
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Get the Proletariat mug.A Marxist-Leninist concept where state power is wielded directly by the working class (the proletariat), typically through a revolutionary vanguard party, to suppress the former ruling class (the bourgeoisie) and transition society toward communism. This isn't "democracy" in the liberal, multi-party sense; it's a class dictatorship framed as democracy for the vast majority. It often manifests as a one-party state where the party claims to be the sole legitimate representative of the workers' will. Critics see it as the ideological fig leaf for totalitarianism, while proponents argue it's the only true democracy because it excludes the exploitative class from power.
Example: The early Soviet Union under Lenin was the classic attempt at a Democracy of the Proletariat. Workers' councils (soviets) existed, but ultimate authority rested with the Bolshevik Party, which claimed to act in the workers' name while systematically dismantling rival parties, independent unions, and dissent, arguing this was necessary to prevent a bourgeois counter-revolution.
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Get the Democracy of the Proletariat mug.An educational organization dedicated to raising the class consciousness of the working class. Its curriculum teaches Marxist theory, labor history, the mechanics of exploitation (surplus value), and strategies for organization and solidarity. Its goal is not neutral education but ideological armament, transforming workers from a "class in itself" (defined by economic position) to a "class for itself" (aware of its collective power and revolutionary potential).
Foundation for Proletariat Education Example: The foundation might run "Solidarity Schools" in deindustrialized towns, teaching not just the history of union busting, but also how to analyze their own workplace for leverage points, how to use mutual aid networks, and how digital platforms extract data as a new form of proletarianization.
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Get the Foundation for Proletariat Education mug.A proposed alternative metric to indices like the "Economic Freedom Index" (which equates freedom with deregulation). This index would measure the substantive freedom of the working class based on factors like: job security, union density, access to healthcare and housing, free time (leisure vs. work hours), workplace democracy, and power over community decisions. It redefines freedom from "freedom from the state" to "freedom from exploitation and insecurity."
Example: According to the Proletariat Freedom Index, a Scandinavian country with strong unions, a generous social safety net, and codetermination laws would rank highly, while a US state with "right-to-work" laws, no paid leave, and rampant gig economy precarity would rank near the bottom, despite scoring high on a traditional "economic freedom" index.
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