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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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Why should one's labor define them? I am not identified by my profession as I'm a multifaceted individual. I do the work of my profession and I own my side projects.
It's the difference between describing an occupation and LARPing as a "small business owner". Unless you employ others, it's just your labor and IMO describing yourself as a "business owner" in that situation is bourgeois mentality. It could be "I work as a pet photographer" if you prefer.
christ this is such a reach
I don't think "there is a class difference between those who are self-employed and those who employ others and describing both as business owners only flattens that difference" is a reach. Describing oneself as a business owner instead of a laborer when doing freelance labor is an example of the tendency of the lowest of the petty bourgeois to try to liken themselves to the "haute" bourgeoisie.
I am attempting to explain what OP said in the title.