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It has been argued that the upper class often convinces the lower class that "status quo" is actually positive, natural or inevitable. This false consciousness dumbs down the proletariat so that that they don't rise up against the upper class. Please discuss your thoughts about this assertion. While no one wants to think of themselves as a mindless sheep who dumbly accepts societal norms and values, could it be true that the masses embrace ideology that perpetuates their place on the social ladder? If so, how does this happen that we so blindly do this? Likewise, does our embracing of capitalistic mentalities stop us from embracing solutions to problems that might otherwise be addressed if we were all a little less egoistic? For instance, can you envision a society where human dignity and equality was valued more than social status/material goods?? Or, is that impossible? How do you believe society might function if we adopted more socialistic policies? Would we crumble? Or, would it be possible to have a utopian-like society whereby everyone's needs were met and crime was rare?

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The classification of people based on their monetry status or on their colour or even on their caste is just an example of a closed mind or we can say people with ill mindset believes in such concept. When Sun does not discrimintes while giving sun light equally then who are we to believe in unequality ? The nature is a soul teacher for this topic whch shows how to give all the elements equally. A rain never see weather the one who is receiving is poor or rich, black or white, upper class or from lowe class, works in any IT giant or clears severage. Material goods are meant for consumption and it should not signal our status. The whole life of any ill minded average human being goes in increasing his staus and this competition of his staus with others leads him nowhere. We should competete ourselves and out uttermost goal should to respect all living and non living things of this universe. None of any religious book ever discrinimate any human being or any living being ever. It is us who decided the boundaries and made countries, capitals, status etc. A bird who flies never thinks about any international boundry or passport. It simply flies with full independance. A lion kills a deer only to fill his stomach not because he is socailly rich or he don't like a deer on the basis of his caste or colour.

If we see the nature, we will be astonished to find this simple fact that only human beings are into caste system. None other living being lives on this caste basis. they are elephants or eagles or zebras or fishes or monkeys. None of them is a white monkey or black monkey, A rich monkey or a poor monkey. None of them is a donkey of higher class or a donkey of poor class.

But I also believe that any utopian society can not exist ever as this is the nature which shows that good and evil co exists. Imagine a movie without any evil villian or any bad guy. Good and bad is a part of the life and it will remain so as it was since the world started.

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