# Leftist Terminology Chart

These are terms for agitating and radicalizing urban and rural wage-workers. Feel free to submit a pull-request to this file.

| Socialist                       | Urban Workers                         | Rural Workers                                             |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Socialism                       | Democracy in the workplace            | Community self-ownership                                  |
| Proletariat                     | Working Class                         | Working farmers                                           |
| Ruling Class / Bourgeoisie      | Top 1%                                | Rich / Lords / Bosses / Banks                             |
| Class struggle                  | Landlords vs Tenants                  | Feudal lords vs peasants / Rich vs Poor / Corporatization |
| Revolution                      | Armed overthrow                       | Community empowerment                                     |
| Capital                         | Absentee Property                     |                                                           |
| Surplus value                   | Profit , IE `value added - wage paid` | Company take / Exploitation                               |
| Dialectical Materialism         | Historical Evolution of Production    | Changes in production                                     |
| Bourgeois democracy             | Democracy for the rich                |                                                           |
| Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie | Police state                          |                                                           |
| Dictatorship of the Proletariat | Worker control of society             | Control over your community                               |
| Revolutionaries                 | Community Organizers                  |                                                           |
| Liberal                         | Individualist                         | Selfish smug aristocrats                                  |
| Imperialism                     | Colonial exploitation                 | Bombing other workers                                     |