Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Is there a Split in Society?
Throughout our country, their tends to be a common split between the rich and the poor. This is mainly due because of big businesses and Laissez-Faire. With businesses having so much power, the CEO's of theses corporations can do what they want with their money, while the people working for them make low wages. The families at the top of the social class can contribute and give a lot to their kids. However, some families in the lower classes may not be able to give their kids all the stuff wealthier families can. The real question is, does this put the kids on the lower class at a disadvantage? What are the necessities that should be provided to all kids to give all kids the same opportunities? Should families provide it or should the school provide it? How can we give every kids the same opportunities as the next? These questions just make me question society and if everyone does receive equal opportunity.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I think there is a split between the rich and the poor, and I think some of the problems come from both side in the sense that they both hold these judgement about each other that makes it hard to work together. For example, many poor people often think of rich as selfish, cold-hearted people who are trying to screw them over while some rich often think of poor as uneducated people that are in the situation they are in because reckless spending, drugs, or children.
ReplyDeleteWhen we have these judgement about each other, it makes it hard for the two group to get along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZvYvOkqxA8 This video really made me open my eyes to how some people are really prideful and thinks that when people who looks worse than them try to help out, those people are looking down on them.
I think the government have come up with certain solution like welfare, food stamp, homeless shelter, unemployment relief, subsidies for families in poverty. But the reality is not a lot of Americans are happy that their tax money is going into helping the poor. You could trace this back to the industrialization of America. The people really believed in rags to riches and acres of diamond; they thought that as long as you put in the work, you can improve your situation. But unfortunately, that ended up with people assuming that you're not working hard enough or recklessly spending money if you're poor. And like I mentioned above, the sad reality is that some people just don't care.
They don't want to care about people who are doing worse than them because it's easier to turn a blind eye than to face the fact that they're contributing (consciously or subconsciously) to the problem.