We became a middle -
class society only after the concentration of income at the top dropped sharply during the New Deal, and especially during World War II.
Not exact matches
Only by overcoming the
class structure of
society will love and reconciliation become just, And there is no way to overcome the
class structure produced by capitalist production except to assume the
class struggle of those exploited by the system.
However, at our stage of material development, there is no retreating to an agrarian
society, and socialism is the
only just route out of a
class society.
For a Christian of integrity living in a
class society, socialism is the
only viable option.
I ask
only this: Let us apply the two commandments absolutely; let us apply them without sophistical attempts to weaken their binding power, without taking account of the established values, orders, salaries,
classes — and then we shall see the whole
society fall to pieces, without violence.
In one remarkably progressive instance, the New York Moral Reform
Society (NYMRS) published an article in their newsletter — the Advocate of Moral Reform — calling out the double standard between men and women in terms of sex, mainly that men were allowed to have it whenever where - ever, but if a woman worked as a prostitute (pretty much her
only option for many lower
class impoverished women), then she was the lowest of the low.
Others are insisting these days that, in a
class - ridden
society, violence is the
only possible relation between the
classes.
The Eastern Orthodox delegation asked to be excused from voting on the other reports; but they heartily supported this one, which affirmed that the message of the church to the world must always remain the gospel of Jesus Christ — the gift of a new word from God to this old world of sin and death, being the prophetic call to sinful men to turn to God as the
only way by which humanity can escape from those
class and race hatreds which devastate
society, and fulfill humanity's longing for intellectual sincerity, social justice and spiritual inspiration.
We need
only to look about us at the multitude of disjointed forces neutralising each other and losing themselves in the confusion of human
society — the huge realities (broad currents of love or hatred animating peoples and
classes) which represent the power of awareness but have not yet found a consciousness sufficiently vast to encompass them all.
In aristocratic
societies ordinary people tend to be thought of as unrefined and as needing manners
only when they enter into relationships with «high -
class» people.
Finally, in the closed
society a person can not move from one
class to another at all or
only with great difficulty.
We started out with the proposition that the ideal of a fraternal organization of
society will remain powerless if it is supported by idealists
only; that it needs the firm support of a solid
class whose economic future is staked on the success of that ideal; and that the industrial working
class is consciously or unconsciously committed to the struggle for the realization of that principle.
Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire
society across boundaries of caste,
class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled
only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).
Any true reforms to out
society will
only come forth when the middle
class realizes it has nothing to lose.
For each new
class which puts itself in the place of one ruling before it, is compelled... to represent its interest as the common interest of all the members of
society, that is, expressed in ideal form: it has to give its ideas the form of universality, and represent them as the
only rational, universally valid ones.
Any true reforms to our
society will
only come forth when the middle
class realizes it has nothing to lose.
It appeared that the realities were the warring
classes themselves, and so it had always been: «The history of all hitherto existing
society is the history of
class struggles».32 It was absurd of the German literati to espouse the misty cause of mankind.33 The
only real and pressing issue was that of which side to take, labor's or capital's, in the ongoing
class struggle.
Only in this connection can we understand how a
society that seems, if one considers its articulate and self - conscious
classes, so intensely ideological can show such low rates of political and ideological knowledge and involvement when compared with other modern
societies.15 The gap between intellectuals and masses, between conscious ideology and popular feeling, is probably greater than in most Western countries.
Standing close by the testimonies are the sermons, many of which survive
only as spidery outlines on manuscript pages; the yellowed minutes of the band,
class and
society meetings; and, above all, the songs.
Such a revolution is possible when there develops an economic crisis so severe that it can be solved
only through a complete reconstitution of
society by a self - conscious challenging
class.
Few have achieved such remarkable success in as many different fields as Davis has: she is not
only an Oscar and Golden Globe winning actor, but a world -
class athlete (at one time the nation's 13th - ranked archer), a member of the genius
society Mensa, and is becoming recognized for her tireless advocacy of women and girls nearly as much as for her acting accomplishments.
Not
only does it foster creativity and mix up Kindergarten
classes, but it also subtly draws attention to the fact that as a
society we are not so held up on «gender norms» any more.
So it isn't an exact model: if domestic servants value productivity differs from (say) video game programmers, the price of the commodities they contribute to won't express the actual number of human hours of labour, but
only the number of hours of human labour that our
society (through market, production,
class war) deems socially average.
Thus, for Hegel bourgeois civil
society is not the space for freedom of expression and association, instead, he reminds us that civil
society is not
only the distinct product of a modern social formation (middle
class and capitalism) but also an alienated reality, torn between the demand of private individual and the state.
«It punishes the poor for being poor, it punishes the middle
class for living in a
society that does not protect them and it rewards those who already have it made by either growing up white, growing rich, or growing up in a state that protects
only those who are in the top quintile or in some cases the top one percent of income earners.»
Three - quarters of the alkaloids they found — to take one
class of biologically active compounds — were present
only in young leaves, Coley reported here last week at the meeting of the Ecological
Society of America.
As her medical training progressed, Timiras, one of
only half a dozen women in a
class of 200, made a painful discovery:
Society was not ready for women doctors.
This is a huge deal because
only a maximum of 1 / 6th of each med school
class gets selected to be in this honor
society.
The stereotype of the woman standing by her man must
only come from the political
class of
society — governors» wives finding out about love children conceived with the housekeeper aren't the norm for the rest of
society.
The ability to attract a man belonging to the elite
class of the
society is something
only a few women can accomplish.
The concept of a microcosm of
society to demonstrate social unrest between
classes is a well - worn idea — High - Rise may find a very close cousin in last year's Snowpiercer — but this is one of the more direct and slickly executed interpretations of the theme,
only treading on the brink of science - fiction.
This is about friendship: the fierce, fiery kind of friendship that exists between two girls who understand their place in the world as girls, their place in
society as girls in India of a lower
class, their place in
society as girls who can
only rel
While we appreciate any training you have done with your puppy or dog so far, our Intermediate
Class is
only for dogs trained at the Atlanta Humane
Society.
What we do know is that the game follows a low -
class protagonist named Charlie who lives in a
society that
only the wealthy can enjoy.
5 Most men, despite lip - service to equality, are reluctant to give up this «natural» order of things in which their advantages are so great; for women, the case is further complicated by the fact that, as Mill astutely pointed out, unlike other oppressed groups or castes, men demand of her not
only submission but unqualified affection as well; thus women are often weakened by the internalized demands of the male - dominated
society itself, as well as by a plethora of material goods and comforts: the middle -
class woman has a great deal more to lose than her chains.
Not
only does it help us to understand the world that we live in, education helps promote equality by closing the gap between genders and social
classes, helps people to become an important and contributing part of
society, and is essential to perform jobs effectively and safely.
Often incorporating references to place and geography, these works not
only extend the possibilities of contemporary painting but also offer an unusual and highly individual reflection of the
class -, race -, and gender - based economies and realities that make up urban
society in the United States.
Dr. Curry is
only listing one corruption to avoid discussing the the larger one in the room which is humanity hating socialism in the broadest sense of the term, encompassing most of the AGW advocate
society not just the bottom fish science and administrative
class making a buck off climate funding or the political hacks selling the message to the willful ignorant mob who pretend it isn't another tax and spend scheme that might expand their handouts.
«Germany's Renewable Ownership
Society — the Green Middle
Class» «For the most part, Germany's new energy producers are home owners, small and medium - sided businesses, and farmers, many of the latter who faced ruin
only a decade ago.
We, not
only as a
class but also members of civil
society thought a lot about how we were going to judge the final outcome of COP21 because
Last July I wrote a blog about Ryan Manilla, who graduated near the top of his
class at Osgoode Hall Law School
only to be deemed, twice, by the Law
Society of Upper Canada to not meet its good character requirement.
The emphasis on «culture» includes not
only different
societies, but also within -
society cultural groups, such as racial / ethnic and social
class groups.