The latter. I live humbly. I don't care if they have more money then me. You can give me money for Pizza, a 2 liter of Dr.Pepper and some paydays I'm good to go. That's all I need to have a party. I don't need anything on MTV.
I know that. lol I just don't really care. If you treat people bad, the Emperor will charge his lazer.
But you said that you hated rich people...?
A miracle isn't impossible.
I never said that that's how they form and how it started. I'm just saying that it doesn't benefit anybody, high class to low class. This thing just doesn't do anything except provides ya with a title.
It's simply a measurement of your place economically compared to the rest of the population, there
are differences between social classes.
Reading some of your responses, some of you guys are being very.. self-centered.
Are we then? You're the one who stated Capitalism is "greedy", and is not greed self-centered?
The class system DRIVES the economy, and the democratic-capitalist society that the United States was founded upon.
Capitalism is powered by competition. You either do what ever you can to move up, or you will stay at the bottom. It's the simple concept of Social Darwinism; survival of the fittest. If you're not at the top, or at least moving towards the top,
you are weak, and will die off.
We're dealing with people here who you are completely neglecting in favor of the amount of money you have. To me, there is something sick about that. You are, again, describing a very self-centered system.
Here's some excerpts from my sociology lectures as proof of this:
I. Karl Marx
A. History of the human society is a class struggle.
He was right, but it also involves alot more than just class struggles that he failed to take into consideration.
B. Class conflict produces significant social change.
It does, as we see in the case of the French Revolution.
C. In capitalist societies, the conflict will be between:
1. The Bourgeoisie, who own and control the means of production.
2. The proletariat, who make up the mass of the workers.
D. Marx's "historical materialism."
1. Economic institutions server as the engine of society.
E. Wealth is the only source of social power.
And here's some from my Political Science lectures
I. 20th Century Political Theory
A. Capitalism
1. Development of market economy
2. Emphasis on individualism.
3. Survival of the fittest.
4. Politics should benefit the strong.
5. Cut off the weak.
6. Greed is good, Greed makes the world go round. “invisible hand”- Adam Smith
I don't see how Greed is a good thing. To me, its just saying screw everyone else for you to get ahead.
II. 20th century political ideology
A. What all three 20th century political ideals have in common? (Capitalism, Communism, Fascism)
1. Ties with (Social) Darwinism.
2. Deals with allocation of resources
3. Organization of society.
4. Questions of the haves and the have nots.
5. Economically oriented.
So as you can see from that last one, it doesn't really matter what kind of society you live in, there was always be a class system of sorts.. And it helps organize society and keep the economy in check.