As Karl Marx himself stated, the rich seem to be getting richer and the poor are getting poorer – undeniably a result of the recent cost of living crisis which has damaged the lives of many globally, while simultaneously improving the lives of those who are and will always remain in the top positions, and who will do whatever it takes to retain their status and power. Arguably, the working class – the poor who are getting poorer – still have the potential to transcend the achievements of the middle and upper classes, despite being deprived of both the materials and the knowledge to do so as well as the indispensable drive to desire superiority at all.
Perhaps inopportune for those who believe this a threat to their power, the underappreciated support from teachers continuously encourages working-class children to have high aspirations and teaches them that it is possible to succeed despite their socio-economic background, that the negative labels from society do not reflect their potential, and that they are worth more than the low expectations of them from the rest of society who deem them to be incapable of success. Unfortunately, while this gesture of support proves impactful for many young working-class children, the structure of society has been carefully constructed to maintain hierarchy in a consequentially static civilization, in which the working class will remain subordinate to the upper and middle classes eternally, despite their efforts for social reform and advocation for a meritocratic society.
However, to be fatalistic is to appear weak and subsidiary to those who have constructed our society for exactly this result – to undermine the working class so that they do not realise their potential, so that they believe they are inferior, mere tools, conveniences for the ones fortunately destined for positions of power.
Is it so foolish to fight to change our fate, even if the outcome is the same?
