Polity In Aristotle's Middle Class

As soon as the gold coin in Africa was created and used as commerce, it spread to Europe. It changed the European social class by creating the middle (proletariat) class. Aristotle believes that if the poor have too much power we are considered to live in a democracy and if the wealthy have too much power we are said to have an oligarchy. Was the middle class only created to offset oligarchy and democracy? In a way, it seems that is its initial purpose, but it is not relevant today as it was during Aristotle’s time because technology altered society as a whole. Will we ever have a strong middle class in America? Aristotle believed that if we did, polity will exist and everything will all be swell in government. The middle class in America was once the largest in the world, but year by year it seems …show more content…
Furthermore, the middle-class is not principally “good,” but is upwardly hopeful and downwardly anxious. The current downgrading of the middle class undermines “democratic capitalism” in which many conservative individuals advocate. Polity as it was seen through the eyes of Aristotle will never be and was just an ideological form of government he felt would be great. Today in our society even though the middle class is the majority of the population there is no form of democracy in America even though it is said to be. A powerful middle unfortunately will not happen in this day and age and if it was to be, it would be quickly crushed by the elite. The small population of wealthy still have control over both middle and lower class and they still control the nation. We do not live in a democracy but in an oligarchy. While it does not seem that the rich are in control, they are behind the scenes as we are the puppets and they the puppeteers. In reality, capitalism is becoming less