... is just as likely for them to gain wealth with a little hard work. As previously stated, however, the wealthy hold on to their wealth. The question which surrounds these facts is why does inequality exist in the first place? One explanation has derived from Plato's Republic. In the Republic Plato introduces the idea that society is a structured exchange of goods and services. What it says about stratification is that ... society's inequality is linked with human nature. This idea leads to the belief that inequality stems from human tendency to compete. social inequality is based ... ...

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... , philosophy, and history • lifelong collaboration w/ Friedrich Engels. • develop a communist ideology. • 1848 produced Communist Manifesto: urging workers to rise and take over the means of production for the exploiting capitalist class. • 1864 founded First International: purpose to unite workers everywhere in a revolutionary struggle. • Suggested a new way of looking at social life and ... Human Understanding 1690 • Thought on Education 1693 • Two Treatises on Government 1690: the contract theory of the state, according to which the state is the custodian of natural rig...

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