Overall, I was surprised, but not shocked. I was more surprised of what people "think" the wealth distribution was when compared to the "reality" of wealth inequality. However, if inequality was relative to what the people seem to believe it to be. This would change society for perhaps the worst. From my understanding, there are only two perspectives on the wealth inequality topic. For example, there is an individual who claims that if the wealth inequality was the "ideal" or what 92% of what people "think" it is, that would encourage the middle class and more poor classes to rely even heavier upon the government. For instance, welfare checks, child support, and disability checks. Thus, causing the idea that the "American dream" is irrelevant to obtain a wealthy status. The second perspective is the opposite, the poor claim that the rich are only there due to their family connections and what not. Throughout the years it has become more common that a child from a wealthy family is to become a troubled human. Whereas, a child from the middle class or the poor works hard to pursue the "American dream" because they are driven to better their lives. For example, the wealthy could be taxed at a more extensive rate. But then …show more content…
When in fact, it really is not. In this video it simply explains how in this world we are more of our wealth status opposed to our actual human fundamentals and characteristics. For example, in the textbook it mentions the term of "social stratification" this is the ranking you take in the world relating to the obtained wealth status. This is much like what the video explains. The reality of the ideology pertaining to wealth inequality is that no one wishes to accept it, but we don’t have a choice/option, it is more of a necessity than anything