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To: Ilaine who wrote (85058)	8/8/2000 3:07:25 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I am not sure exactly how the term originated, but it was meant, I think, to indicate the dregs--- unskilled day laborers, stoop labor, the street criminals, paupers, those who would generally be regarded as riff- raff.......

To: Ilaine who wrote (85058)	8/8/2000 3:12:33 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Lumpenproletariat (German: "rabble proletariat"), according to Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto, the lowest stratum of the industrial working class, including also such undesirables as tramps and criminals. The members of the Lumpenproletariat--this "social scum," said Marx--are not only disinclined to participate in revolutionary activities with their "rightful brethren," the proletariat, but also tend to act as the "bribed tools of reactionary intrigue." britannica.com