In the light of this discussion, it is impertinent to define social stratification. The condition in the Philippine society where, economically, people are divided into three categories, upper, middle, lower, is considered to be a form of social stratification though it is not as rigid as the caste system in India. Nonetheless, the fluid character of division in our society and the rigid, immobile stratification in India share a common denominator and

Beginning at the upper class members, they are considered to be at the top most spot in social hierarchy. If Philippine society would be illustrated graphically, for instance a triangular figure, the upper class citizens would occupy the apex of the figure where there is less area as compared to the base of the triangle. This has a direct correspondence to the population of upper class citizens in our society since Philippines is a third world country and majority of population is the masses, the workers, the farmers, etc. However, the seemingly outnumbered status of upper class citizens does not limit their access to social rewards. In fact, they are the ones who receive greater rewards that cause inequality in the distribution of resources. Their access to property and monetary rewards are definitely unequal to an ordinary factory worker since these people are the sources of capital in any form of industry. The Philippines, being a giving capitalists country solely depends on capitalists who wish to invest in the country, thus giving capitalists every right to have greater access to social rewards. Why? Because without these capitalists, Philippine economy would drop like a ball of solid iron dropped at the center of Pacific Ocean. There is no way the government would neglect these upper class capitalists, so it would not really matter if there is unequal distribution of wealth. This is what communist groups are whining about for the utter unfairness of this set-up puts the worker, the one who toils day in and day out, in a 50/50 situation. Unlike factory workers, capitalists could not easily be fired.

It is therefore deduced that education is a big factor on determining the economic class one person will have in his/her lifetime. Since there is a prevailing depravation of education among lower class citizens, meager jobs are reserved for them since these only require at least a highschool diploma. As mentioned, such situations are rooted on the scarcity of monetary resources. Lower class citizens, if there is no extraordinary chance that comes along the way, are inside a vicious cycle of poverty; they are not properly educated because they are poor and they become even poorer because they lack education. As such, they resort to jobs that are highly unstable just to be able to get by their everyday needs. Obviously, prestige is negligible among lower class citizens. If class A’s are labeled elites, they are the jologs. They are smirked at in five star hotels; they are questioned if they could afford a meal at Aristocrat Restaurant; they are believed to be paid by p

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