The revolution will come wearing a suit

Whilst walking in the countryside where I live a man walking his dog, clearly having noticed I was a regular walker there, said “ere mate, we used to have the best sledding hill for miles around until them wankers fenced it off”. He was referring to the largely middle class group that had had some cows put in place (for complicated reasons to do with butterflies), along with a fence, halving the size of the steep hill that people use for sledding when it snows. He also talked about how children used to play up there until ‘them wankers’ had the council leave the grass to grow long to encourage butterflies. He had a good point. Children’s exercise is undoubtedly more important than butterflies. But he’ll never be heard if he carries on the way he does. For the working classes to get anything done in a world run by the middle classes they are going to have to change their approach. If I had to advise this working class man on how to get his views heard in this largely middle class area, I would say firstly no swearing, and no aggressive behaviour. The last thing you want is to give people an excuse to dismiss your views. Secondly, appearance. You are not going to be taken seriously in trainers and body piercings. If the revolution does come, it will come wearing a suit. And thirdly you should not speak in terms of ‘you lot’ and ‘us’. Do not acknowledge the class divide when arguing your point. You will only end up marginalising yourself and discouraging them from empathising with you. Do this, have patience, and if what you say makes sense then what you want will eventually happen. I can give this advice because I sit in a bizarre little niche in-between the two classes. I have connections with both sides of the divide. So I can see how badly the blinkered middle classes need a big injection of working class common sense.