When we visited the Larawan Kasaysayan Lipunan Photo Exhibit which is exhibit prepared by the HUMMS student there are so many pictures that can define our history and culture. The photo above is defined as a class struggle for me specifically it is about poverty. What is class struggle and what is poverty? According to a Dictionary.com class struggle is a conflict of different classes which results to different economic positions of people in the community. While according to Business Dictionary poverty is a state wherein the basic needs (in example food, shelter and clothing) of people are not met by individual. It is also a state where person lack of financial resources (money). (poverty)
There are many factors that causes one’s poverty. First is the lack of education. Education takes a big part of causing
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During the pre-colonial period there is a caste system or known as class system. It is divided into groups, maginoo or datu was in top they are one who rules the community, timawa or the commoners, maharlika is same as the timawa but they need to serve the datus ' or maginoo in the battles and lastly the alipins. Alipins, well there are common misconceptions that they are slaves of the datu but in reality they may have debts that inherited from their parents or they have debts. Also you become “alipins” due to extreme poverty that you can’t buy your freedom. (Morrow, 2009) Alipins are the servants of those who have higher class than them. There are two types which is “aliping namamahay” and “aliping sagigilid”. Aliping namamahay still have a property like house coming from their master unlike aliping sagigilid who is at the bottom of the class they live with their master. Usually alipins doesn’t make enough money but they have food coming from their masters (Social structure of the lowland Filipinos during Pre-hispanic era and the Maharlika,