Why Working-Class Revolutions Fail When the Rich Lead

History shows that when elites take charge, revolutions stall, retreat, or betray the people.

The word bourgeoisie refers to the property-owning class. Merchants, industrialists, financiers, and professionals who live from profit, rent, or ownership instead of wages. They are not kings or nobles, but they are also not workers. Their interest is to defend property and expand wealth.

And before you ask, “I own a home, does that make me bourgeois?” No. If you have a mortgage, the bank owns your home. Even if you pay it off, you still owe property tax every year. Stop paying, and the government takes it. That means you don’t really own it. You are still working-class, still under the boot of capital. Owning the roof you live under does not put you in the same class as the capitalist elite. Workers who struggle to pay off a mortgage or keep up with taxes belong in the fight, not outside it.

A working-class revolution cannot be led by the bourgeoisie. Not by a capitalist. Not by an oligarch. Not by anyone who depends on property and profit.