It is this sort of view that totally fails to understand the UK electorate and which if it prevails will see Labour in opposition for many years to come.

Firstly it is clear that the deluded Milliband's union backed strategy of appealing only to his core vote (the so called 35%) in addition to a policy move to the left from the previous 'New Labour' model was a massive failure. His tactic of ignoring the wealth creators, of being hostile to business in favour of a concentration on minority issues may have been welcomed by his followers from the 'left wing metro elite' and the leftie media but did not go down well with the suburban and country voters.

Secondly if we look at the results in Scotland it is quite simplistic to suggest the working classes want a turn to the left. In fact the two right of parties increased their share of the vote (Conservatives by 5% and UKIP by 173%) The capitulation of both Labour and the Lib Dems who are both left wing parties provided the big switch since the 2010 election with other lefties like the Trades Union & Socialist Coalition and the Scottish Socialist Party also losing half their votes to the SNP. The increase in the turnout over 2010 provided the other voters and it is interesting to note that the number that voted for the SNP in 2015 was 10% down on their vote in the referendum.

So you could say that far from being a jump to what is already a largely left wing electorate, it was a more of a selfish nationalist result as the voters see the SNP winning a better deal for them than the old Westminster based parties could.

Do you also find self loathing therapeutic as well as despising individuals less fortunate than yourself?

You mean running their own business?

You said people should get off their backsides and do something to change their situation.
Does that include working together with others to improve many peoples working lives?

Where is the like button?

The thing is, if all these people "got off their backsides, and achieved" then the world would essentially grind to a halt. Who would stack the shelves in the supermarket? Who would load the luggage on to the planes at the airport? Who would process the invoices for all the "achievers"?
What would happen if developing commodity exporting countries, and the workers within those countries working for peanuts because they don't feel they have another choice suddenly realised that they're being bent over, and actually started charging a more appropriate price for their labour, commodities?

The fact is, big business needs a significant amount of unskilled labour to pick from to exploit. It needs a high level of poverty, and corruption in developing countries to keep their import costs down.
Governments need people on welfare to buy votes. Big business needs government, to be able the pass legislation that favours their interests.
There're are definitely people in society who are parasites, and exploit the system, but many of those people are the ones who designed the system in the first place.