Why the Socialist Worker Party, is most probably NOT for me!

So recently, I joined the socialist worker party. I'm not a socialist, no. However I suppose I would describe myself as a social anarchist, I decided to make the move not because I'm interested in becoming a socialist, but rather I find myself realising more and more just how radical some of my view points regarding both the government, the economy and feminism become more and more extreme as I become more learned in all these areas. Although the economy part is debatable, as I'm quite sure "shareholder" is a term I shall ever really get myself acquainted with! Quite purely, the reason was to be able to talk to more like minded people like myself, to interact with those who do direct campaigning such as the work I should like to be able to one day go into myself and most importantly to learn.I suppose you'd ask, why not join up with an anarchist group such as ALARM, and I've thought this to myself and that although perhaps I'd enjoy it there a lot more, but first I think I want to be able to understand socialism completely, considering that yes I have much to learn being only seventeen, and my viewpoints as many tend to fluctuate. Three years ago, I had only just started discovering politics and believed I was a supporter of the LibDems. It's safe to say, I now have no respect for them.

Drawing from the fact that, I am a social anarchist, socialism tends to come into it, and while at the utmost I consider to be an anarchist, I wish to broaden my mind and to be able to understand the basics of socialism, anarchism, communism and all the other left wing theories. To be able to understand, why perhaps I'm not an advocate for their cause and so far concerning socialism I think I've found quite a few points that have ingrained into me that I am most definitely not a socialist!

A flaw I have found within the party was that keeps on coming back to me, is their definition of working class. They would define the working class using Marx's term as one of who has only but their labour to sell, however they would consider even those who many would believe to be middle class as working class if they have but their labour to sell, making a figure of about 80% of the population. Broadly speaking, I think this is an incorrect definition of the working class, myself coming from a pretty working class family in its roots and both household income today, I actually find it rather offensive, having known plenty of people who can afford a much better lifestyle and more possessions than I, have not had to know the hardships of not being able to afford school books and buying them for about 1p of Amazon. The class struggle is not over, with their now being described as what is known as an underclass... This means to me only that the gap between the rich and the poor is now actually widening. While in theory, you may be able to say even those of the middle class are also working class, I believe it to be a huge understatement and shows a lack of understanding to what working class means. Working class is a whole different attitude to the middle class. Just as the skinheads and punks held different attitudes... so do the working and middle classes.