Social class

 

In Marx’s Analysis of class claims that people have to meet basic needs in order to survive in a society where everything is about class itself.  As Marx argues a person’s economy is the system that help one determines an individual social life. The major dilemma our nation is facing currently is the economy status. Many people think that the wealthier people are more that than the poor ones in the country. Well this is wrong! There are more lower class people or even underclass those who are not employed have no wealth, they were probably born into poverty are more in the country than the upper class individuals. Our society is divided in social classes: The capitalist or upper class, middle class, working class, and the underclass or lower class. In addition, within these social classes there are upper and lower as well based on capital, knowledge, skilled and unskilled, and the chronically unemployed. Therefore, there is all kind of class in America. This is what differs us from one another and sometimes this creates discrimination among us, because many people may abuse their power by making themselves inferior to the less privilege. Then, this may lead some to think they won’t be able to move from one class to another. However, the class system allows some class mobility if one has an available occupational change.

The reading class conflict: Tuition Hikes Leave College Students in Debt and Torn Between Paid work and Course Work claims the education is an example of class mobility, because many people believe that education is the key the succeed in life. In additions, if a person is educated is has a better chance of acquiring a better paying jobs than a person who is not educated or have lower level of education. However, this is driving many students crazy because tuitions are been cut down which means students have to work long hours to be able to pay for college expenses. On top of this, we the students have lot of assignments to do and prepare for exams etc. the institutions just demand the bills to be paid, while students are fighting hard to meet their needs for both survival and educational. Most of these students are from lower working class families to the poorest families are struggling hard to maintain a level of education. As the article illustrates a student name Brigit M. she faced hardships while in college to pay her fees. This is significant for students from working class families, because they have to work more hours to meet their college needs and other expenses.

             From my understanding class is everywhere in the world. Social class is what makes us different and creates inequality among people. The wealthy keep their wealth and the poor still stay poor or even worse. The fact that class is related to education, lifestyle, health, work, and even politic affect us in general. We tend to ignore class sometimes, because it seems not vivid to see we are leveled based on it. For example, a person tends to marry a partner with the same class as him/her. We mingle with friends that belong into the same class you belong to. It’s all about class.