By Nco Dube
It is a sad myth that the Middle Class has the power to influence political discourse and political fortunes simply because they are educated. This is especially so in the South African context where the Middle Class’ composition is abnormal due to centuries of colonial rule and decades of apartheid. In South Africa, the Middle Class is racially constituted.
The Middle Class seems to have a strong belief that they are at the top of the class echelon and that they actually can dictate to other classes especially the working class on how they should behave, how they should choose their leaders and so on.
Let us start by looking at the existing classes and how they relate to each other. For society to function according to certain rules, whether democratic or not, there needs to be an interdependent set of groups to feed off each other…