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Marxism&Inequality
- Marxist say society is divided by class in which the rich
and strong ruling class overpowers the weak and
vulnerable working class
- The Ruling class has all the wealth and power and
exploits the working class and are never paid the
full value of their work
- There are agents of social control
that Keep the working class in their
place like the School and Mass
Media.
- Marxism&Inequality in Gender
- A a Social group women are easy to hire and
fire. Could be useful to a Capitalist society.
They receive low wages as their income and ..
- They are less likely to join Trade Unions
- Marxism&Inequality in Ethnicity
- Marxist say Ethnic-Minorities are
part of the exploited working class
and they lack status due to their
ethnicity,
- They say Racism is deliberately
encourages by capitalist class because:
- (1) Legitimization - Racism helps them pay
them low wages and work in poor conditions,
Capitalist benefit from the cheap labour of ethnic
minorities
- (2) Divide&Rule - If Black and
White workers unite they are in a
stronger position to campaign for
better wages, also Marxist argue
that..
- ..the Capitalist prefer the worker
divided by racism so they can be
played off against each other
- (3) When there are economic problems
and a widespread of frustration instead of
directing their anger at Capitalist class
vulnerable groups like....
- .. Ethnic minorities
are picked on
- Marxism&Inequality in Age
- The Young workers are exploited by Capitalist
class and the Old age are ignored because they
no longer have disposal income to interest the
Capitalist
- Marxism&Inequality in Class
- In Capitalist society there are 2 social
classes, The Bourgeoisie (Ruling
class) they are the rich and powerful
and the Proletariat are the working...
- ... class and they are Weak and vulnerable and exploited and ruled
by the Bourgeoisie. They have conflicted interests the B want
increasing profits..
- .... and P want higher wages. Marx
believed that if the P rebel and
revolt against the B it would lead
into a Revolution and the Social
class would ..
- .. disappear and
everyone would live in
a more equal Society
- Marxists ideas about the
revolution has not yet occurred in
Britain because of better living
standards and welfare stops the P
from reaching poverty.