Bourgeoisie

Marxist term for the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.  In Marxist contexts the bourgeoisie is the capitalist class who own most of society’s wealth and means of production.  A communal society does not tolerate anyone or anything that lives outside the narrative that equality must be maintained.  In communist societies, a person owning more than their neighbor was called being a member of the “bourgeois.”