Blog #3 (Sample) Since the beginning of time, humans have always fought to maintain power within society. Karl Marx expressed this idea in his book titled “Communist Manifesto” when he said “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”(Marx). In this quote, Karl describes how society has been dealing with class struggle from the time that any society existed. People who lead society enjoy privileges, respect and leadership from everyone else. On the other hand, those who are at the bottom have less freedom, since the people with more power control them. This results in class struggle within society, since everyone is constantly trying to climb the social ladder. In modern society, class struggle continues to be a problem. According to a report done by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2014, the wealthiest 1% of U.S households own about 42% of the county’s wealth (Galka). This shows power struggle between classes in society from a wealth perspective, since the top one percent of the population control a large portion of the U.S’s wealth. The top one percent of the population then has an easier time living in society, because of the vast amounts of wealth that they possess. They do not have to worry about typical social struggles, and have more power within society from all of the wealth that they posses. Unfortunately, everyone else has to work much harder in order to make a living, due to the unequal distribution of wealth. This then drives those at the bottom to accrue more wealth, in an attempt to be a part of the top one percent. Class struggles within modern society are still highly prevalent, and wealth distribution helps emphasize this idea. Work Cited Galka, Max. "Income Inequality Is Big, Wealth Inequality Is 100 Times Bigger – Metrocosm." Metrocosm. N.p., 18 Jan. 2016. Web. 28 Oct. 2016. Blog #2 (Sample) In the book “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, May Wollstonecraft emphasizes that women should be able to have as much influence on society as men do. Her reasoning is that both men and women have the ability to reason, which leads her to conclude that the imbalances between men and women are unfair. While reading the book, I came across a quote that said “It is time to effect a revolution in female manners—time to restore to them their lost dignity—and make them, as a part of the human species, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world.” (Wollstonecraft 44). The quote means that the time has come to bring balance to society by reforming the way we approach women’s place in society. This is important to the book, as it summarizes May’s mission to help women. Additionally, May claims that there is no way this could have a negative impact on society, as it will allow women to contribute more productively to modern society. Helping bring balance between men and women can only be beneficial to society as a whole. Being an electrical engineering major, I expe ...