If there is none what should it be?
2007-03-05 07:13:15 · 12 answers · asked by Double O 6 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Yea, I'm wondering why there is no nickname for this, as 'The Establishment' once was.
2007-03-05 07:41:17 · update #1
Good question to ask. It really depends which social theorist you're using as a lens to look through. A popular choice would be Karl Marx. He suggests that the "ruling class" is the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie own everything, including the workers. Anyone who is not part of the bourgeois class is considered a proletariat.
What defines "ruling class" may be based on material wealth, power, structure, etc. So I encourage you to use your sociological imagination to see which theorist you're interested in - you can come up with a variety of answers to this question.
2007-03-06 16:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by quacky_hijinks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no nickname because Corporate America controls everything....the media and the government, And we are so dumb, that we believe whatever the media wants us to. The media could still have America firmly committed to the war if it wanted that. The media could get Pee Wee Herman elected, if it wanted that. We are at the mercy of the Global Economy. Being patriotic is a scam. The Government wants us to be patriotic, but they are more Unamerican than anyone.
2007-03-06 23:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by raggnaar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bourgeoisie
2007-03-05 15:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Categorizing someone in a social class is a load of crap. That is like racism and stereotyping.
There is no ruling social class, I don't recognize a ruling social class so therefore there is not one.
2007-03-05 15:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by omvg1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
George W. Bush.
2007-03-05 15:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numero Uno. Rich B.
2007-03-05 15:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by janus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What was the name for past ruling classes?
WHy should it be any different?
2007-03-05 15:18:14 · answer #7 · answered by M.McNulty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The upper class. But of course.
2007-03-05 15:19:05 · answer #8 · answered by Pierre Patelin Longshanks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Illuminatis rule all that is, you are but a slave to their power. They mock you, they laugh at you , right smack on your face yet you cannot see it, and they laugh more at you because they know you are weak. They should know better, Jahbahlun isn't God, it's satan. I mean they know it, but they like to call him God....bummer!
2007-03-05 15:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by Psychee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
bush supporters
atp
2007-03-07 11:42:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋