how does the situation in the 1st C compare with today? what happens to “excess labor” (difference between what a manual laborer is paid and what the product the laborer produced is sold for) in today’s world?
do courts today favor the rich? why do many among the poor and middle class perpetuate the practice of idolizing the rich?
what were the Occupy protests responding to, and did they have any lasting effect? what structures, policies, or customs within society perpetuate class inequality?
is class revolution, as Marx advocated, a viable option in industrialized countries? what factors prevent the poor from joining together & challenging discriminatory structures within modern capitalist societies?
what structures perpetuate continued economic inequality between industrialized nations & third world nations?
how does racial or ethnic discrimination relate to class discrimination? gender discrimination? how can such discrimination be overcome?