Social Justice: The Upper Class and Classism

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Social Justice: The Upper Class and Classism
The following paper is a look at the purpose, the history and the effect of the upper class in society; it is also an effort to describe this class. Overall, it may be argued that the elites served many purposes: they were the ones who did the fighting (at least in feudal times); they were the ones who served as the intellectual leaders of society; they were the ones whose wealth was used to invest in various manufacturing concerns; and they were the ones (and they still are) who set the national and societal agenda. Societies tend to need a pyramidal formation, with clear leaders at the top, and the upper class has historically filled that role. In that sense, whatever their failings, the upper...

.....ower and to ensure that their posterity never have to suffer like anyone else’s.
Being an elite means to be forever privileged.
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