Bydeclaringthistobe66absurd，\"Mulbergerputshimselfoutsidetheproletarianmovementandintothecampofpetty-bourgeoissocialism。
Thehousingquestionhastheadvantagethatitisnotanexclusivelyworkingclassquestion，butaquestionwhich\"intereststoaquiteoutstandingextent\"thepettybourgeoisie，inthat，\"theactualmiddleclasses\"sufferfromit\"justasmuchas，andperhapsevenmorethan，theproletariat。\"
Ifanyonedeclaresthatthepettybourgeoisiesuffers，evenifinoneconnectiononly，\"perhapsevenmorethantheproletariat，\"thenhecanhardlycomplainwhenonecountshimamongthepetty-bourgeoissocialists。HasMulbergerthereforeanygroundsforcomplaintwhenIsay：
\"Itiswithjustsuchsufferingsasthese，whichtheworkingclassenduresincommonwithotherclasses，andparticularlythepettybourgeoisie，thatpetty-bourgeoissocialism，towhichProudhonbelongs，preferstooccupyitself。AndthusitisnotatallaccidentalthatourGermanProudhonistoccupieshimselfchieflywiththehousingquestion，which，aswehaveseen，isbynomeansexclusivelyaworkingclassquestion。\"Thereisan\"absoluteinneridentity\"betweentheinterestsof\"theactualmiddleclassesofsociety\"andtheinterestsoftheproletariat，anditisnottheproletariat，buttheseactualmiddleclasseswhowill\"enjoyaboveall\"the\"blessings\"ofthecomingtransformationofsociety。
Theworkers，therefore，aregoingtomakethecomingsocialrevolution\"aboveall\"intheinterestsofthepettybourgeoisie。Andfurther，thereisanabsoluteinneridentityoftheinterestsofthepettybourgeoisieandthoseoftheproletariat。Iftheinterestsofthepettybourgeoisiehaveaninneridentitywiththoseoftheworkers，thentheinterestsoftheworkershaveaninneridentitywiththoseofthepettybourgeoisie。