A few years ago, a couple of detractors on the question of Third World development strategy said that trying to apply the rather contentious Maoist division of the Third World bourgeoisie into comprador vs. "national" elements was illusory. They and I were in agreement that such division for the bourgeoisie was already illusory, but disagreed on the petit-bourgeoisie. However, a recent photo seems to have further confirmed such social commentary on that division within the petit-bourgeoisie in those developing countries. This will be shown at the end. The comprador petit-bourgeoisie are the ones most likely to trigger brain drains, as they flee with their pro-bourgeois sympathies, or to trigger reactionary street actions, as bourgeois reactionaries prefer more elitist means: Comprador petit-bourgeois action in Venezuela The "national" or "patriotic" elements among business owners are found within the petit-bourgeoisie, not the bourgeoisie (as Mao suggested), as it is the former that is consistent against foreign imperialist intrigues and worse: "National" or "patriotic" petit-bourgeois expression in Russia
