Last Social Class Blog:Wealth

Wealth gives people endless privileges in life that people of middle class could never get. Wealthy people drive this country and influence important decisions on it. While playing Monopoly, I was the poorest in our group...during the game I lost almost all my money until I went into debt..the person who started out with the most money in our group kept buying houses, and he kept on getting richer and richer. What I learned after playing Monopoly is that in real life, people who are born poor will most likely grow up poor and not make it to the middle class. People who are born into a rich family will most likely be rich...So, whatever class your family is, you will most likely achieve the same status. What I also learned from Monopoly is that wealthy people can afford to make mistakes, whereas if you are poor and you make a mistake...your done. Three privileges wealth gives people include a better education, better networking opportunities, and more toys. People who have wealth are able to get the top of the line education because they don't have to worry about loans, they can go to the best colleges, and have the best professors in the country. All because they have money, and they might find a loop hole by paying extra money under the table to get into the school. Secondly, wealthy people are able to network more often. For example, in the movie, "People Like Us," you saw all those people at that convention thingy outside where they were all networking with each other, giving their names and friends they knew who could help them out with a business related issue. (Having money allows you to network with people in your class, and gives you advantages that other people of different classes can't.) Finally, having wealth allows you to enjoy life more greatly by having more toys, such as huge houses, luxurious cars, expensive jewelry, and personal chefs. Having these lets you live life easier and more rewarding. I think that the rich should be taxed more so they aren't controlling this country as much as they are...it is ridiculous how some wealthy people use their money whereas it should be spread across the nation to people who need the money.

Class and People Like Us...

This quote has a lot of meanings in it. I think the quote means that what a man does reflects his character and values and what he's all about and believes in. His actions and what he does depends on his circumstances. This means his actions are defined through what is around him being his circumstances. Ex) Where he lives. How much money he makes. His morals/values. These are all circumstances that define people's actions. "The characteristics that ruin a man in one class made him eminent in another." This means that issues that bring down a man in one class, will make him flourish in another. When comparing the idea of an aggressive real estate agent vs. an aggressive sanitation worker, the qualities of each are way different. The qualities of a real estate agent are that they want to get as much money as possible through houses, where as a sanitation worker needs to clean businesses to get enough money to survive. This has to do with certain classes too. The real estate agent is at a higher class, whereas the sanitation worker is at the poor class.