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Social Class

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Social Class

According to Webber's perspective, social class is a group of individuals ranking close to

each other concerning wealth, prestige, and power. The defining factors of social classification

categorize people into diverse categories of lifestyle, even when considerations are given on the

way they look at the world (Henslin, Possamai, Possamai-Inesedy, Marjoribanks, & Elder,

2015). The visual part showing the social class in the United States is type D in which the super-

wealthy are few and are reining on top, the majority being average in expenditure, and very few

are found in deplorable conditions.

The overall distribution of wealth and income in the United States puts people in various

categories of social class. The percentage of people who are termed most abundant in the United

States is 20% and nearly equals the poorest, which is also 20% (Henslin, Possamai, Possamai-

Inesedy, Marjoribanks, & Elder, 2015). However, the small majority of Americans are in the

middle-income generation, and they would interact at the level of their income generation. I take

the stance that wealth makes a person dominant, but extreme wealth makes the person extremely

powerful. Thus the president, who is also a multibillionaire, presides over the interests of the

nation.

Politically, in the United States, the nature of power distribution is significantly

influenced by the level of income or wealth accumulation. To stand a chance and convince the

people to preside over them, the capacity still does not rely on how rational a person may be but

how wealthy the idea has helped his or her life (Henslin, Possamai, Possamai-Inesedy,

Marjoribanks, & Elder, 2015). However, much the debate can be put to figure out who makes the
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decision. It still comes out that people on legislative seats, who are also the rich determine what

happens in the United States.

The prestigious lifestyle is also achievable through wealth and power. People would go

for prestigious jobs because they pay more, require a higher level of education, and entail more

thinking (Henslin, Possamai, Possamai-Inesedy, Marjoribanks, & Elder, 2015). Affordability of

the same to the poor is impossible, and that is why the poor grow poorer despite the efforts to

circumvent poverty. The population in the United States has very few rich and poor persons, but

the majority are averagely earning and belong to the upper and lower-middle social class.
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References

Henslin, J. M., Possamai, A. M., Possamai-Inesedy, A. L., Marjoribanks, T., & Elder, K. (2015).

Sociology: A down to earth approach. Pearson Higher Education AU.