... than he actually he is, there is also the need to justify this inequality between people in different social classes. Due to this need for justification, the upper classes found various ways to reconcile poverty with their own comfortable lifestyles, and morality became an entirely subjective term. The ... that portrayed the poor as lazy, idle, immoral, and worthless people that deserved the plight they were in because they were unwilling to work for success. However, the way the poor saw themselves were obviously contrary to this view. They believed they were honest, moral, hard-working...

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