Yes, I think about this often. Many parties, especially in the global north. Decades of propaganda, infighting, and distance from the masses have led to a lot of irrelevance.

Yes that’s true, higher education is no longer a guarantee of wealth. I mean, the experience of someone with a college degree is going to be very different from say, a factory labourer.

Yes, that’s right. Perhaps I should’ve phrased my initial statement differently. From my observation, the majority of people in socialist organizations are generally students, white collar workers, people with higher educations/professionals, etc. There isn’t anything inherently wrong with this, but in my opinion and experience, this does hinder their ability to connect with lower paid working people and the greater masses in general, and in the greater international world this makes western countries’ movements quite different from the class character of those where socialist revolutions have historically taken place.

Yes. But there is a clear difference in the imperial core from one who makes the median wage or less and an aristocrat who can insulate themselves from the class struggle.

I have no idea tbh. I went only to trade school, and I’m doing okay. I enjoy my blue collar job working with my hands sort of. Pursuing higher education distances oneself from the masses of lower paid working class people, so ymmv.