Revolution is a complicated subject. It happens throughout history in different places around the world. When one talks about revolution, the pressure cooker theory is discussed (Carriere, Unit 1, Page 5). This is a term that educators use to help students easily comprehend revolutions. To give a specific picture of this term, it is referring to a social class pyramid that is separated into three sections. These sections are divided into the top, middle, and the bottom part of the pyramid. In the pressure cooker there are three different classes. These classes consist of the upper class, middle class, and lower class. The upper class is at the top of the pyramid, the middle class, obviously, is in the middle and lower class which includes the peasants and proletariats share the bottom section. Each class has a different identity and a different occupation. Their rank and job descriptions determine where they are placed on the pyramid.
First, on the top is the upper class. The upper class consists of the nobility. These individuals are wealthy.
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In the end, the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The benefits will only help in the short term while the disadvantages will be longer lasting and will hurt Americans across the nation. Fixing a problem with a solution that will turn around to be the same problem is not beneficial to the people. Similar to the French Revolution where workers, experiencing starvation and harsh jobs, rebelled against the government, workers in the United States are standing up against the government to raise the minimum wage. Fortunately, the lid of the pressure cooker has not been fully lifted. The pre-revolution has already begun in New York, California, and Seattle. Eventually, it will become a revolution, and it will spread across the nation unless the new government comes up with a solution that will benefit the general population before the lid of the pressure cooker