Working class

The novel, Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck full of many different characters, each with their own unique set of characteristics. The story takes place during the Great Depression where work and sustainability were scarce. People are forced to work menial jobs to make whatever money they can get. However, Steinbeck focuses on two characters that each use their psyche to maneuver through life with the first being George and the second being Curley. Some of the characters are shown to have…

Albert Einstein covers several topics in his essay, Why Socialism, including: the duality of a person, the shortcomings of capitalism, and how some aspects of socialism could help solve the socio-economic crises we face today. Rather than promoting a private economy blinded by selfish interests, Einstein advocates for a planned economy that “adjusts production to the needs of the community” (Einstein). Moreover, he emphasis the role of the common people in making a successful transition toward a…

To begin in the article “the struggle of an all American girl” by Elizabeth Wong mentions the real life hardships that many immigrants have to face. Most immigrants come here to gain the American dream that most people talk about. Although the American dream does not commence the moment they arrive the hardships start when most immigrants come here they have to deal with being unemployed. In addition, they would be forced to move to a back breaking job in order for them to maintain themselves.…

Although the Sioux people have changed since the 1890’s, they are still faced with many hardships. Today, 97 percent of the Sioux population live below the federal poverty line. Most have household incomes ranging between $2,600 and $3,500 per year. One of the main reasons for this is because of the white man taking their land and forcing them onto reservations. Dwight Jon Zimmerman in his book, the Saga of the Sioux, describes the plight the natives faced when the white man decided they…

(lower class) and the bourgeoisie (upper class) (Blunden, Marxism). To add on, the author of The Hunger Games uses her interpretations of Marx’s books to create a novel revolving around the main theme which centres around society’s favoritism of the upper class. The Hunger Games…

Traugott’s Organizational Hypothesis In his book, Armies of the Poor, Mark Traugott looks at the revolution in France from February 1848 to June 1848. Traugott’s goal is to explain his organizational hypothesis reasoning behind the Revolution of 1848. Traugott draws on the works of Tilly, Lees, and Chorley for his analysis. Traugott’s main argument is that the organizational hypothesis he puts forward can account for most, if not all the similarities and differences between the two groups…

Could an entire continent be the cause of the downfall of one of the greatest dynasties? The Qing was a very isolated dynasty. One that thought very highly of themselves and low of anyone else. Could a push for trade cause the downfall of a country? The Qing was very restricted on trade. They always had to get the upper hand and would only trade with certain countries. Could an entire revolution cause a violent uprising in a country? The west was most responsible for ending Chinas dynastic rule…

The Sociological Hand to Communism in Black and White Society is obsessed with perfecting the world. From photoshopping beauty to creating robots to work for free, all of humanity is devoted and desperate to create a Utopia. They go to drastic measures to erase any trace of human imperfection and difference. In The Giver, the reader explores the Utopian state created by author, Lois Lowry. In this state there is not a trace of fear, pain, war, or hatred. There is no competition for social status…

Welfarism The word ‘welfarism’ as a midway between capitalism and socialism is said to have been “coined by the British economist John Hicks, and introduced into contemporary debate about social justice by Amartya Sen; and connotes that the distribution of economic goods is evaluated by the effect it has on the welfare of the persons concerned” (Web 29/03/2017). In a similar way, Omoregbe in his book, Social – Political Philosophy, states that “welfarism as a ‘midway’ between capitalism and…

think about the social economic structure of the world, created and led the communist revolutions and indirectly led some of the most influential revolutions in history. Karl Marx changed the way people thought about social economics, the social class system, and capitalism forever, by opening people’s mind to a new way of thinking. “Marx’s philosophy has led to fruitful thought in areas other than social and economic thought” (Barry 4). Some of the things Marx was saying were more than words…