took the following steps in data collection: Inequality was defined using the Cambridge online dictionary as ‘The unfair situation in society where some people have more opportunities‚ money etc. than other people’. With this definition‚ inequality was examined in the following areas of Oxfam’s interest: Taxation‚ Extractives industries‚ Budgets and public expenditure in basic services‚ Jobs and Wages‚ Access to productive resources: land and capital‚ Gender‚ Governance and influence and Ethnicity.
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Bernard Marx- Bernard Marx could be seen as the outcast of the social group. He isn’t exactly as tall or as involved in “social gatherings” (sexual gatherings) as the other Alpha group members‚ the “rich‚ wealthy” class of the dystopian society. Bernard views the other members of his social class as disgusting human beings with no morals. Bernard is kind of like the “Winston Smith” from George Orwell’s 1984. He questions society and goes against a lot‚ if not all‚ of their ideas. John the “Savage”-
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Karl Marx and Capitalism 9056-60463 Word Count: 1113 In this essay‚ I argue that Karl Marx’s explanation of capitalism should compel the average person to action and change. First‚ I explain Marx’s idea of capitalism and how it hinders the average person. Second‚ I discuss how Marx argues for consciousness‚ criticism‚ anti-alienation‚ and anti-exploitation. Third‚ I provide and answer possible counter examples for Marx’s ideas on communism and capitalism. Finally‚ I address some of the ways
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discussed the challenges that we face when dealing with overcoming inequality. This class along with reading the text helped me in opening my eyes and realizing that even though we may not care about the color of a person’s skin we still face an uphill battle in absolving inequality. After reading the text my views have not really changed in regards to people getting along with other people of a different color‚ however‚ my views on inequality have changed from that of being an easy fix to one of being
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For Marx‚ alienation involved both a description of certain features of capitalism society and a value judgment that they are fundamentally wrong. Although it is not easy to tell which features he is criticizing. He was not totally condemnatory of capitalism: he acknowledged that it leads to a great increase in productivity. Marx believed that capitalism is a necessary stage through which society has to go‚ but he thought that it will be surpassed. Alienation is a relation‚ Marx wrote in one place
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Gender Roles and Class Inequality Titanic was a British passenger liner separated by a class system that would end up colliding with an iceberg resulting in it to sink. There were limited lifeboats that’s seating would be greatly outnumbered by the passengers. If one was to survive the sinking of Titanic they were likely a woman‚ child‚ or upper class male. In the film there were two main sociological concepts that were overwhelming when compared to the rest‚ gender roles and class inequality
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In this seminar‚ I seek to analyse‚ discuss and evaluate the theories of Marx. Firstly‚ I will analyse the relationship between human action and social structure. Having completed the analysis‚ I will move on further to discuss and exemplify his theory of alienation. Lastly I will evaluate his theory of false consciousness. Question 1 Human action and social structure are extremely prevalent in the works of Marx. In terms of the workers and capitalist classes‚ he postulates that they are not
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7 PAGES 3‚380 WORDS Marx argued that capitalism‚ like previous socioeconomic systems‚ would inevitably produce internal tensions which would lead to its destruction.[3] Just as capitalism replaced feudalism‚ he believed socialism would‚ in its turn‚ replace capitalism‚ and lead to a stateless‚ classless society called pure communism. This would emerge after a transitional period called the "dictatorship of the proletariat": a period sometimes referred to as the "workers state" or "workers’
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Gender Inequality within Children Toys A lot of people haven’t noticed that even though inequality among us has improved and is not as bad as it was before‚ it is still very common in our society. A lot of people aren’t seeing that unfortunately inequality still exist‚ and the worst part is that it is starting with the moment people find out they are having a children. Gender identity becomes very important to society from the time a child is born‚ they push to show an individual what social behaviors
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Italy‚ resulting in his eventual exile. For Karl Marx‚ Capital presents many contradictions within itself. For instance‚ Marx’s claim that the general contradictions in Capitalism stem from the owner of a business needing to exploit human labor in order to increase profit and the general human population needing to work so that they continually make money‚ which can then be spent on goods where the money goes back to the firm. Furthermore‚ Marx argues that Capitalism is not recurring while the
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