Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Irving Oil, Oligopoly, John Diefenbaker
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1. 2 sorts: at the top and those almost there. Lincoln"s father owned 2 farms and was in top 15% of local taxpayer. Lincoln would empamzie he came from a log house to show in came from humble beginnings. Used image of log cabin > humble beginnings. In reality he grew up in the comfortable middle class. Only 7 of the first 29 american presidents came from lower middle class or below. 87% of american"s today are lower middle class or poor. Stands in constrast to social structure of society. For most american history, children born to the rural and urban working classes were simply unable to secure the higher education and the subsequent professional training that were necessary to pave the way to high political office . Question: are canadian and american the same in tolerating. Canadians more tolerant of elites americans less so. Deliberate creation of new social rules and new political structure in 1776.