A Marxist Warrior..?

This is a page of my diary...of 19th of March, 2013...
Today I experienced a wave of discomfort spread all over my Sociology class. We were given an activity question to write about our social CLASS, the consistency of the dimensions/factors for stratification and that why do people feel awkward in discussing their statuses???

Many of us were actually uncomfortable answering that question.

There were a lot many reasons for it. I traced out the following:

1. Most of us did not know which class do we ACTUALLY belong to. Living in a country where the biggest prevailing crisis is none other than economic crisis. And the status quo can be BY NO MEANS maintained unless you belong to some bureaucracy...thus each one of us was equally unsure about their CLASS. (I wrote "fluctuating middle class" for myself!)

2. We live in a status conscious society. Everyone is engaged in making a healthy and wealthy impression of himself in front of others. Our materialistic society judges people from their material possessions rather than their personal characteristics. So the blessed ones may not be as fearful of social rejection as the comparatively deprived ones; no matter how much better they are...

3. The question required pretty much a personal life disclosure which certainly most of us wouldn't afford to share. We are of the view that can not, infact, should not let others know about our personal life.

4. Very few people have the strength to put forth their family attributes including the dimensions of stratification like income, wealth, schooling, occupational prestige and power. Secondly, majority does not want to share how many of these dimensions remained consistent throughout their lives and the past few generations. As this could create complexities in their social relations. 

The crux is, whatever the issue we students were facing, it was related with the immense CLASS DIFFERENCE!

In the end, I just want to say that some times I wish to end this class system for good. I wish to be a Marxist warrior and end this social and mental repression. But I am also aware of the fact that then the society would not be an ideal one either...because then I'd be wishing for a society with no competition...?Well, there would be no charm without competition. So let the society as it is, all we can do is try to help others as much as we can and avoid discrimination and prejudice pertaining to the social class...!