In Austria-Hungary newly-rich merchants and industrialists; careerist soldiers; and self-promoting professors were eager to surround themselves with aristocratic titles… but none of these people were even Austrian, let alone of aristocratic heritage.
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Who were the “Bürgertum”?
“Bürgertum” as a social concept is far older than Karl Marx, but it’s been unfairly burdened with his academization of ‘us vs. them’ ghetto politics.
Col. Alfred Redl 