bourgeois socialism, n.All

Bourgeois socialism (n.) wants ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a bourgeoisie without a proletariat — all the advantages of modern conditions without their struggles and dangers.

Bourgeois socialism (n.) offers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the proletariat a New Jerusalem: staying within existing society, minus its hateful ideas about the bourgeoisie.

Bourgeois socialism (n.) attains ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠adequate expression only when it becomes a mere figure of speech: the bourgeois is a bourgeois — for the benefit of the working class.