Is Socialism a middle class affair?

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England | Pending Approval

Is it a disingenuous thesis that socialism is entirely a middle-class affair? 

 If one is never able to see Capitalism as a system and continue with the intemperate fury of the left with all the intent of a Navy Seal, one is indulging one's self in some naive early Dickensian fantasy that it is simply the work of wicked individuals (those Satanic Factories) then you are a kosher socialist thereby displaying unswerving moral integrity and independence of spirit, further if you avoid on the campaign trail the louche, rakish, endorsement of the Hollywood set then hats off to you for being an uber kosher socialist. 

 George Orwell tells us that the sight of a man pilfering food on a ship ‘taught me more than I could have learned from half-a-dozen socialist pamphlets’. Apply that comment to the education of today and he is spot on. 

 However, seeing a man pilfering food will tell you nothing about the causes of poverty, just as Brecht remarked, 'putting a factory on stage will tell you nothing about Capitalism.' 

There is a view that the fascists of yesterday have morphed into the 'do gooders' of today and some would argue the socialists of today, so says Dr Alice Weidel who heads up the Alternative for Germany political party. Before one knee jerks, to the standard 'deplorable', or the Jim Acosta low brow smirk 'these people elevators don't reach all floors' Dr Weidel has a Doctorate in Chemistry and her interviews are interspersed by her references to Bach Cantatas.