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ere will be a social uprising and eventually society will find itself in a classless society. Weber, on the other hand, sees the importance of social position in the organization of industrial production, but recognizes inequalities in society through economics, status, and power. Erik Wright is a sociological professor at the University of Wisconsin who says that the United States and it business structure is contradictory to Marx. We have more divisions in management and education level. It can't be defined as two specific groups. Individuals, like managers, can control productive resources, and yet still work under other individual(s). Wright says that Marx's definition, if put into motion in the U.S. today, would put over half of employed Americans into the "working" class. Capitalism, in theory, is not a solution to social inequalities, according to Marx, because it is inherently, unequal. In practice? Capitalism depends on one group using the other to make a profit. It b!
enefits from things like unemployment and lack of education because workers become desperate for employment and will settle for less pay, meaning more profit for employers. Weber thinks that there is a way to achieve wealth through working hard in a capitalistic society. Weber's theory is more complex because it suggests that there is a broader social classification, including groups and parties that allow people to have different levels of achievement and social hierarchy.
2. The most obvious resources in the contemporary U.S. that are distributed by influential factors, such as race and gender, are employment and education. All others are linked to these resources. When it comes to employment, African Americans, Asians, and Females continue to face challenges that do not exist for White Males. Skin tones affect opportunity for blacks and Hispanics, facial features carry st...