Socoioeconomic status is a difference in the distribution of wealth, power, and prestige. Originally understood as the difference between capitalists (the bourgeoisie) and the working class (the proliteriat), “socioeconomic stratification is not a cultural universal; it arose with the earliest states… which first appeared in Mesopotamia, according to anthropologist Morton Fried. Read More »
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Socioeconomic Class
By big_dreamer - Posted on April 16th, 2008
Tagged: bourgeoisie
• capitalism
• class
• discrimination
• power
• prestige
• proliteriat
• Socioeconomic status
• wealth
• welfare
• working class
• Broad prosperity

How to incite change without power and prestige
By patrick.leb - Posted on February 18th, 2008
I just can't bring myself to the conclusion that I may never make sense or make change in the world. I feel like things are going downhill all the time. Well, I have explanations for both of these. The change phase is just beginning and I am just a kid, so ha! And the downhill thing...I walk downhill most of my day and I just might live on a hill, so that explains all of that. Read More »


