They had very few rights, as most did not own land and they were forbidden to hunt. These people also had very little exposure to art, music, and culture. Religion was dominant and explains everything. There was a mal-distribution of wealth, as the commoners had very little due to the high taxation. When they were not busy working on farms, they were busy attending religious ceremonies.
He was not there long enough to begin any kind of research, or to develop any trust. When he returned one month later, he asked about the Dani language, and learned that it was a very complex language, and had no grammatical structure. He was unable to learn the true Dani language due to a lack of written grammar. The Dani spoke to him eventually in another form of Language they had broken down into simpler form, (Police talk), but found that due to the complexity of the language, would never fully understand or speak the true language. With their arrival and the presence of the video cameras, they drew attention to the area, and the Dutch missionaries felt they must set up a police port to monitor the area.
They had not yet brought in any form of democracy, however, with the country being 80% peasants, it was not yet possible. As the majority of the country are people who are being treated badly by their ruler, there was no way they would vote for the Tsar and therefore the country had to continue as they were, in an autocratic state. This was one of they key factors which labeled them as ‘backwards’, the country was ran in a way that was considered outdated and un-modern. The country’s education system was another factor that was continuously preventing them from moving forward into the modern day world. With 90% of the country being illiterate, there was no way for the country to industrialize (which would also go on to effect their economy), without people being able to read or write, it became even more difficult for the country to move forward.
In most cases people were not buried when they died, and they were almost never buried if they were killed in war. With England being at constant warfare, there was no time for the spread of new ideas, and the economy, along with education, came to a halt. Children were taken out of school to practice for battle and the adults
There were also very few organisations that represented the working class, and any early trade unions that were affiliated with workers did not often concern themselves in politics. Furthermore it was evident that strict regulations were in place to ban strikes and any other industrial action. As a result of these circumstances it had not yet been possible for a labour party to form, and it is apparent that the workers were very poorly represented; it is even clear by the actions of the Liberals and Conservatives that they did not in any way favour the interests of the workers. They believed that there was no need for reform in an already stable political system. Undoubtedly, the first steps towards a working class achieving political power came from the emergence of Chartism.
The essay In Defense of Talk Shows by Barbara Ehrenreich gives insight into how biased television talk shows are. When I was around 8 years old, I discovered the Jerry Springer Show. My grandfather caught me watching it and explained to me that it was all fake. He said that, "All these shows lack any moral value. In fact, the only people that would go on this show are low class and don't have a lot of money.
However, they never lead to the considerable improvements he expected as they were somewhat incomplete and many were not satisfied with them. In 1861 Alexander II emancipated the serfs; they were freed from their feudal obligations and allotted land for their needs. They were given freedom from noble interference and control of their lives, as well as being freed from fear of being forced to do military service. The serfs were given very little land and that which they received was of poor quality. The system of land distribution was unfair and most peasants received 4% less land than they had rented before, many received much less.
Also, the chefs were mostly people who had never cooked in their life. They never had enough supplies for anything. For anyone who walked into Manzanar, it was like walking into your worst nightmare. Eventually, they all got out of the camp. If it weren’t for family though, they would have never made it out.
The dust symbolizes accumulation of unremoved past. When the town gets free postal delivery, she alone did not let the postal service workers put a number on her house; she resisted change so much that she does not even accept her letters because she has isolated herself from the present (39).
Unfortunately, that is not the case. Unlike modern man our ancestors did not have the time to sit. Modern entertainment did not exist and the majority of the working class never even saw a desk. Whether they were toiling under the sun plowing fields, working as a merchant hawking their wares, or plying their trade day after day sitting was for the privileged. Unfortunately for the human race we can now sit our day away as modern sciences and industrial evolution have made our lives a bit easier.