I hate being working class

I have always been from a well-to-do and perhaps well off working class background yet everything that's working class really seems to depress me. Supermarkets, construction sites, state schools, public transport and anything seen in day-to-day living really gets me down.

Working class life seems to be more of an 'existence' where everyone appears angry and dejected all the time just going about their lives trying to make ends meet. Also there's no culture where everything is plastic modern, commercial and consumerist with no soul.

Working class is just disappointing where the propect of bettering yourself seems like a pipedream. Sometimes I venture out to middle class areas and things feel very different where I wish I could escape to these areas for good.

Is this normal or am I just a cultural snob?

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  • Juche1

    You join your local Marxist-Leninist party and put an end to the class system,religion and capitalism.

    Read the works of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. These will teach you how to defeat the capitalist system and put an end to the rich exploiters.

    WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNTIE

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  • hsiungnu

    The way you feel is normal. There are a lot of people out there that feel the way you do, they just don't know how to channel their thoughts into a powerful motivator.

    Like the first person who commented, you should definitely get into reading some Communist literature, but don't take it too literal because Communism on its own isn't always a good thing. This type of system doesn't develop the way people want it to sometimes, just look at the former Soviet Union.

    I'm from the working class, too, and proud. I'm proud because I had to fight and work hard for everything I've ever accomplished in my life so far, nothing came easy and never will for people like us, and for that reason we have to persevere in the face of those that mock and don't believe in us. Life sucks if you want it to, but life can be something awesome if you want it to be. Hey, if you don't end up with the life you want just remember you gave it your best shot to make it out the best you could. It's a shame if you would waste your time in this world doing nothing to better yourself. That is what wealthy persons do, they don't need to do anything to better themselves because they already have everything.

    I feel sorry for them, not myself, because people like them may be happy and comfortable but they'll never know what it is to live in the real world. They're ignorant and insulated from the rest of society, and they give us glimpses of their world to have us fight each other for scraps of their world. They only feel happy knowing they don't have to lift a finger to get what they want and they become even more pleased with themselves seeing us struggle for happiness. Over the days, though, gradually this happiness will become more dull and dull because its the same type of happiness and pleasure from the same things; so they don't know what it is to earn something, to earn their way through life.

    It feels good to earn something, to gain and get in return for your labor and service. No other meal in the world tastes better than the meal you paid for with your own hard-earned money. Nothing is sweeter than merit. And no man is happier than the man that dies knowing they earned their happiness throughout life.

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  • notsoinnocent

    no. you just like the finer things in life. nothing wrong with that.

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  • ya-lyublyu-tebya

    I agree, I live on a council estate but I'm doing my best to get a scholarship for university.

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  • BOYracer88

    some interesting social commentry! i think youve got it spot on with your views on us working class. i find we, the working class have more soul and values then richer people who value nothing, yea its a misserable existance but we`re in it together and we`re better than rich snobs

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  • Maybe. Or maybe you want to aspire to some nicer things in your own life. I wouldn't get too caught up in the class thing. If there is more you want in life, culture, where & how you live - then go for it. What's holding you back? And don't blame (entirely) class.

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