Although there are some poor people look up to the rich, a number of them view the rich as a greedy class group. Because we live in a civil society, we experience many matters that Rousseau mentions in his “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality”. People are constantly comparing themselves and their possessions to each other. The majority of our population is trying to “keep up with the Joneses” or in a more modern comparison: the Kardashians. But not everybody can even come close to reaching that economic level. There is much poverty and homelessness, especially in New York City. Additionally, there’s still an unofficial racial separation. Black and Hispanic citizens tend to live in less-privileged neighborhoods than white people. The residents of the poorer communities generally do not have access to the same level of schooling as white and Asian families, and the poorer families are exposed to more violence. This is a shame for the children of these homes because the quality of their upbringing has a lasting effect on their
Although there are some poor people look up to the rich, a number of them view the rich as a greedy class group. Because we live in a civil society, we experience many matters that Rousseau mentions in his “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality”. People are constantly comparing themselves and their possessions to each other. The majority of our population is trying to “keep up with the Joneses” or in a more modern comparison: the Kardashians. But not everybody can even come close to reaching that economic level. There is much poverty and homelessness, especially in New York City. Additionally, there’s still an unofficial racial separation. Black and Hispanic citizens tend to live in less-privileged neighborhoods than white people. The residents of the poorer communities generally do not have access to the same level of schooling as white and Asian families, and the poorer families are exposed to more violence. This is a shame for the children of these homes because the quality of their upbringing has a lasting effect on their