DSOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Opiate, Uim
12 Jun 2016
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Walmart replaced general motors as largest employer. Edgar williams (not doing well. person who works at sam"s club, is a part-time worker but his schedule moves around a lot. Can"t get a second job) & greg owens (not doing well. newspaper reporter gets a 7% pay cut) vs. scott ryan (doing well, advertising branding guy. Yes, from an economic perspective: if you could no longer pursue the american dream, on average they would need ,000/year to compensate. Widespread belief in the system that most can succeed with proper effort i. e. superman. The american dream as the opiate of the masses (marx: versus: the journey get started, be optimistic, helps you get through the day. Excuse for inaction i. e. to keep on smoking (jim cullen: you think you can quit at any time so you keep on smoking, you know that the american dream is working so you don"t correct inequality.
