Although the aristocrats were wealthier than the middle and lower class people, ultimately, as humans, they all wanted the same things: power, prestige, and privilege. Human society has evolved to the point that the bases of anything we do is dependent on money. Having the rich control the money regulations of the colony would mean that everything they did would benefit the rich (themselves). In many cases, it would also harm the rest of the people in the colony. But firstly, how did the aristocrats get rich in the first place?
The wealthy businessman believed that wealth ought to have been shared among people and could be most readily shared through families leaving their money to their descendants, spent on public projects, or simply administered during the lives of the wealthy themselves. He felt that the rich had only made their moneybecause of other people, and in the end ought to reimburse them and the public rather than squandering away their fortune. By using this method, in the end the wealth or property of one would become the wealth of many, and the sharing of this money would better society and perhaps civilization. Andrew Carnegie concluded that it was the job of the wealthy man to set an example of living and spending for his descendants in order for their wisdom and experience to be passed down and to do what they could
Unlike the Anti-Federalists, most Federalists were wealthy, well-educated, and unified by the desire for a powerful, centralized government. Their leaders were usually influential men such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. The Federalists were well organized and in many states they often
The second party is of patronage, it helps and individual building his way up in society. It is obvious that these powers are interconnected. An individual from the higher class will have more opportunities to access a high legal power due to relations with people from the high society. Nevertheless, someone from a lower class can build his way up in classes using his social prestige
First, members of wealthy tourist-generating nations can be viewed as conspicuous consumers of the valuable resources of the developing world. The exploitation of these countries on the pleasure periphery has been interpreted by some commentators as a form of neocolonialism, although few tourists would analyse their own behaviour in such a stark manner. Second, individual holiday choices made amongst complex status hierarchies of destinations can also be understood as conspicuous consumption, especially when considered in terms of ego-enhancement motivation and trip-dropping. However, it can be demonstrated that tourism motivation is not just materialistic, but reflects a wide range of other psychological and cultural factors. Furthermore, postmodern tourism is said to break down traditional boundaries and replace them with a universe in which image, illusion and irony predominate (see also postmodernism).
The Gospel of Wealth Andrew Carnegie was among the most famous and wealthy industrialist of his day. He was also a major philanthropist. During the year of 1889 he wrote The Gospel of Wealth. He wrote this excerpt to inform and clarify you on his three motives to distribute your wealth. He targeted audience are mainly the well educated wealth men of his day that have large amount sums of wealth.
In American society, the white Americans used the basis of race to arrange people into various levels of classes. “Race was a useful mechanism for determining who should have access to wealth, privilege, respect, loyalty, and power, and who should not” . Each class represented the ranks, status, and wealth of an individual in society. Obviously, the white race sat on top, receiving the highest amount of privileges such as voting rights and affluence while the rest were below receiving less than what the white race receives such as poor education, low-paid jobs, and poor living conditions. During the colonial periods, colonies, such as America, “structured hierarchical societies in which Europeans stood at the top and the conquered and enslaved peoples had various positions below”.
Often involved in politics, these people were born into wealth were known to use money and power in Rome’s political system to benefit themselves. The patricians were very much the minority to the much larger, but considerably less powerful plebeian class. The plebes were essentially the common man. The farmers, the peasants, the servants, and the slaves of Rome, the plebeian class, while large in numbers had little voice and political influence suffering due to the advantages wielded by the patrician
Augustus seems to rule with his wealth and influence over the people, and those in government positions. In my opinion he is more focused on keeping the Aristocracy happy, for as according to Crone in her examination of pre-industrial societies, the holders of wealth are the key to maintaining leadership and order. Michael Haukaas made an excellent statement as well saying “Himself being wealthy is not enough, as evidence by the war following the death of his father at the hands of Brutus et all”. This statement shows how Augustus also had control over the soldiers as well as the power of his wealth. Just like the podcasts mentioned, Augustus was a powerful man due to his financial stability and the fact that he had made a lot of loyal and close friends with the men of elite
It is not unusual to hear a discussion about the influence that economics has on Americans. This is because economics is one of the most dominant powers in America. While there are some exceptions, very few exceptions, a wealthy man is often more powerful than a poor man. This theory supports the idea that money is power. Wealthy