Conflict Theory Overview
📌 Conflict theory, rooted in the work of Karl Marx, examines the societal divide between the privileged (rich) and the underprivileged (poor).
👑 Social order is maintained through domination, where power resides with those possessing the greatest political, economic, or social resources.
⚖️ The powerful actively defend their advantageous standing, leading to continuous competition and power struggles for those with fewer resources.

Inequality and Social Cycles
🧑‍🔧 The relationship between a low-wage earner (like someone paying minimum wage rent) and the property owner is described as strongly unequal, trapping the renter without economic advancement.
♻️ Inescapable cycles perpetuate inequality: wealthy families can afford superior education, securing lucrative careers and passing wealth down, while lower-income children often end up in similar jobs.
📜 This conflict model applies historically across various structures, from slaves and masters to capitalists and wage laborers.

Proposed Solution
💥 Marx argued that one primary solution to this systemic domination is a revolution to break the political and economic control of the higher class.
🤝 The goal of such a revolution would be reorganizing society with collective ownership and mass democratic control to achieve greater equality.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Conflict theory focuses on the inherent competition for power between different social classes based on resource control.
➡️ Social stratification is maintained because the dominant groups actively defend their current advantageous position.
➡️ The concept illustrates how socioeconomic advantages (like education funding) can become self-perpetuating cycles across generations.

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