Hey everyone! Hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving. Now that were fat from turkey we should focus on the being thankfulness part of this holiday. By discussing something horrid and depressing we then will really see how thankful we should be everyday. This week I'm going to discuss the disheartening topic of the modern American social stratification system and the poverty that comes with it.
The American stratification system today consists of the upper, middle, and lower classes. Basically America is a capitalist society where everyone has equal opportunity to rise to the top, but not everyone does rise to the top. Those who have the extremely high paying occupations make up the upper class. Individuals with a reasonably high salary constitute the middle class. The lower class consists of low incomes to none at all.
A very large percentage of people in America make up the poverty stricken population. These individuals are homeless or are barley making it by in their daily lives. Adults, teenagers, and children all suffer from the deadly disease of poverty. It spreads ferociously through demotivation, debt, and Economic recession. Many children are born into this lifestyle and "genetically" attain the virus from their parents. It's very heartbreaking to witness the immense affect that this devastating epidemic has on it's victims. Although all hope seems lost, there is a cure. Like cancer a cure is not always attainable for everyone within their lifetime. Some rise above this desolate lifestyle triumphantly, while others die trying. America's social stratification makes rising above a poor and depressing life possible. All you need is a cloud of confidence hovering above and a spoonful of hope flowing through your veins. All in all I strongly believe that poverty should just fall into poverty and die.
Sometimes people forget thanksgiving is not all about turkey. I hope this makes them realize they should be more thankful especially teens because a large percentage of teens do not realize what they have.
ReplyDeleteSo many children are like that rosebush outside of the jail in the Scarlet Letter. They are born into unfortunate situations that they had no control over and despite how beautiful they are they're still underappreciated. It's sad, but this blog was very enlightening.
ReplyDeleteLol I lovenyour last statement! But when I first read it, I morphed it, and thought something else entirely... Anyways, I agree with you. We can't control how we're born, and we inherit poorness.
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