Consumer tech reporter Victoria Song wrote “In 2030, You Won’t Own Any Gadgets” for Gizmodo.com. She started the piece by citing a Facebook video:
Back in 2016, the World Economic Forum released a Facebook video with eight predictions it had for the world in 2030. “You’ll own nothing. And you’ll be happy,” it says. “Whatever you want, you’ll rent. And it’ll be delivered by drone.”
Deeper into the piece, Song described moving into an apartment.
I moved to a new apartment recently. Thanks to covid-19 pricing, it’s in a bougie building with snazzy amenities. I get emails whenever packages arrive and when someone picks them up, I have a fob that grants me access to various parts of the building, and no less than seven separate apps to control doors, reserve a spot in the pool, pay rent, request maintenance, and access a mini social media network for everyone who lives in this building.
Did you notice Song’s “bougie” reference?
“Bougie” comes from the concept of the “bourgeoisie” class. Karl Marx, author of The Communist Manifesto, saw the bourgeoisie as exploiting the “proletariat” class — the working class — because the bourgeoisie owned capital and property and the proletariat did not.
People who say or write “bougie” have bought into communism.