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    Capitalism in our country has grown and expanded to such an extent that it has reached a point of invincibility almost. Capitalism has throughout the years created groups or even categories of social economic class within the population, which has dramatically changed the way we all view each other. Along with inequality, it has created a difficult structure for the people of lower classes to be able to climb up into a higher class to be able succeed in life, which many times fails because they…

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    There are four primary social functions of religion. They are as follows: to serve as a disciplinary and preparatory function, provide ceremonial and ritual that leads to cohesive function, revitalizing function, as well as a euphoric function. The first function is due to the imposition of self-discipline by religion, that is that the members of the religion “need to accommodate constraints, controls, and boundaries” (Johnstone 33). In Islam, there are strict dietary laws in that they must…

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    is a class system which makes sure that the rich stay rich, while the poor remain poor. One major factor that maintains this Capitalist plan is through the process of consumerism. This being the buying and selling of products, beliefs and values. Karl Marx, the founder of the Marxist theory, based his work around discovering the reason behind the social imbalance of the class system. This which forms the basis of the Capitalist agenda. In doing so he discovered the injustice of making…

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    The rise of industrialization at the end of the 19th century could be perceived two different ways. Although large scale capitalists had managed to create a boom within the American economy by creating Monopolies that made the capitalists wealthy beyond measure, the view of the general public was fearful. For it was the working class man that truly felt the harsh conditions they were subject to across all industries. In the gilded age, Chicago meatpacking company was the standard for how raw…

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    In Suzanne Collins ' The Hunger Games, the Capitol serves as the nation of Panem 's government. By instituting a division of power, demonstrating their power, and establishing a police force, The Capitol 's ideals of a utopia became corrupt and, as a result, were transformed into an oppressive system of government. The Capitol, like most totalitarian governments, initially had pure intentions and wanted nothing more than to see their citizens prosper and flourish under their rule. It was only…

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    Capitalism has become the dominant economic system after the fall of the Soviet Union and its communist government. This has led to capitalism becoming engrained into our society as something that should not be questioned. Time after time, capitalism is seen as the good guy, as something to fight for. The Cold War was not just against communism but it was also for capitalism. The Cold War can be seen as a pro-capitalist fight against the supposed evil of communism. Although the Soviet Union did…

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    Marxism is a social, economic, and political philosophy founded by the philosopher Karl Marx. Marxism is a theory in which Marx introduces the breakdown of capitalism and replace it with communism. Marx combined different elements from different philosophers to come up with the concept of Marxism. He used Hegel’s dialectic process. From Feuerbach’s, he concluded that material conditions of life controls reality. Saint-Simson thought him how to observe a relationship of the landowner and the…

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    history.” Yes that is correct, but why? Society is the way it is today because of influential beliefs, and philosophers who portrayed and evolved these beliefs. Of these philosophers, the ones being studied are Niccolo Machiavelli, John Locke, and Karl Marx. While Machiavelli believed that the kings and monarchs should have all control over the people, Locke and Marx believed in the opposite. Locke and Marx believed in human reason, while Machiavelli did not. This is the major difference between…

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    Capitalism is an economic system based on market exchange. Usually, in capitalism, people are hired to make a profit by marketing the goods and services they make. Capitalism is the reason the entire world is brought into one system and I consider it to be the most effective system. In capitalism, a product is dominated by the capitalist, and thus making the goods be a part of social production rather than an individual appropriation. (Engels, 99) Social order is greatly influenced by the…

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    the idea of modern developments. Durkheim and Marx are the two founders that had vesting variations of how they respectively explained the idea of the modern development. Emile Durkheim believed in the idea of social cohesion to help develop while Karl Marx believed in capitalism and division as the driving force of development. Though these two had vast differences in the way they taught development in the end they both agreed that it was based on society. Emile Durkheim born in 1858 in…

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