Tragedy: The Great Depression And The Recession

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History is written by itself day by day and year after year. Although History is written by itself it tends to repeat some of the same subjects. Only thing about the situation is that only the headlines and topics are different along with the people. For an example the Great Depression and the Recession are both a time where the economy and the American people where in heavy time of need. One era more tragic than the other but the class system was brutally effected. Has tragedy happens the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Next, class conflict deals with what I like to call the Levels of Income. These classes that are in conflict are broken down into the following ruling capitalist class and the Middle class. Capitalists refers to political

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