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But, y'know, I understand why such a view exists, and graymouser is not the only one who swallows this ideology whole. This is the whole basis for the bankrupt theory of "de-classed intellectuals" promoted by Karl Kautsky and Vladimir Lenin. Just as Stalin created the "theory" of a socialist mode of production that existed between capitalism and communism as a means of justifying the existence of the Soviet bureaucracy and state, so Kautsky and Lenin created and promoted this "theory" of de-classed intellectuals that can stand outside of their social being and aid the working class as a means of justifying their own presence within the workers' movement. It was a convenient "theory", that is certain.
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Suppose there's a bigger political organization and there's an independent magazine and blogging grouplet owned by someone, working in an editorial capacity. At some point the two parties agree to the absorption of the media grouplet into the bigger political organization. Also at some other point, the owner of the media grouplet sells it to the bigger political organization, yet continues to work in an editorial capacity.
What is the class status of that someone in question?
