who is on the bottom of the social class pyramid?

Answer 1

It's very crowded down here. do you want names??

Answer 2

The description of the social class structure as a "pyramid" assumes that the social group/class at the base of the pyramid is the largest group, and the group at the top is the smallest. I use the term "base" rather than "bottom", because the group at the base of the pyramid may not be absolutely the worst off financially and/or socially.

The specific nature of the class at the base varies somewhat: in an industrialized country, it would be the working class; in a country that is not industrialized, it would be the rural peasantry. The unemployed would generally be considered part of the working/peasant class.

The chronically unemployed or homeless could either be considered a segment of the class at the base of the pyramid , or they might be viewed as having slipped off the pyramid altogether and existing in a sort of limbo outside the basic class structure.

Answer 3

Yes, this question is a wee bit vague.

State which social class, and when.

In ancient times the slaves were at the bottom of the social class pyramid, and as you may or may not know - slavery was outlawed in the U.S. in 1865 and in Saudi Arabia in 1962.

Answer 4

Slaves? Or possibly the homeless? Slaves, because thier status is dependent upon the status of their master. However, I suppose a slave even though considered property has some power, as their master is as dependent on them as they on him.
The homeless though, are disenfanchised, have no voice in their future and are effectively criminalised, (for vagrancy, etc). They are also trapped in their situation, they can't get a job because they have no address, and can't get an address because they have no job. Often they have health problems associated with homelessness (eg. tuburculosis), which are difficult to treat because the lack of address (pharmacies won't issue prescriptions), or because they are treated and then put back into the environment that caused the condition.
Addicion problems are rife, in some cases it's the cause of homelessness, in others it's a concequence (alcohol or drugs numb the cold, take away pain, or just stop you caring).

Answer 5

I dont know if you mean social as in social groups or if oyu mean politically. Politically the working class, proletariat are the bottom class. But below them are the sort of unemployed workers.

Answer 6

The poor unemployed

Answer 7

It depends on where this pyramid is located.

Answer 8

The homeless, because we are a materialistic society. That is not saying they are less valuable as people, but society looks upon them that way.

Answer 9

People who are starving and dying of thirst in third world countries.

Answer 10

geeks like me(just kidding in high middle class)