Debb’s Padlet by Debbie Lopez

intro video

debbielopez1405 — 2025-08-18 03:45:57 UTC

Capitalism

debbielopez1405 — 2025-08-30 03:06:59 UTC

According to Karl Marx’s , the capitalist economic system operates through labor exploitation while producing ongoing instability because it produces a clash between two fundamental social groups who control factories and land, dedicated themselves to profit maximization through workers wage reduction. The working class consist of laborers who possess only their work abilities, but they fight for better wages and working conditions. the essential conflict between social classes, which Marx’s identified as a class struggles drives. Ongoing transformation of history. Marx’s thought the mounting intention between social classes would culminate In a uprising which would destroy capitalism to build a communist system without private property ownership.

I don’t agree with the way Karl Marx’s didn’t like capitalism because I believe it is inherently exploitative as it allows owners to extract surplus value from the labor of workers,who receive only a fraction of what they produce.but I agree with this theory that social change and progress are driven by the inevitable conflict between social classes where the dominant and oppressed groups struggle for control over resources.

Culture

debbielopez1405 — 2025-10-04 00:48:34 UTC

Culture, the general way of life, is influenced by the ethnicity, religion, and traditions of a specific group or society. Culture is also the way we differentiate ourselves. It includes not just the basic values and beliefs that shape moral judgements, but also the explicit customs, traditions, and behaviors that govern our everyday life, such as how we greet one another or celebrate holidays. Importantly, it involves language, symbols, and norms. That helps with communication and social maintenance. It also takes the form of material artifacts, for example, art, food, technology, clothing, etc. This whole complex is learned, shared from generation to generation, and creates people’s unique identity. Culture derives much of its significance from how it shapes and defines our ways of seeing and being in the world.

Social Construction

debbielopez1405 — 2025-11-05 04:33:58 UTC

A social construct is an idea, concept, or meaning that exists because people in a society agree that it exists in a certain way, not under an objective reality. Social constructs are not created they are produced, maintained, and passed on under social interaction and practices, cultural rituals, and language. These constructs affect social behavior, social institutions, and personal identity. Money, race, and gender roles are very real social constructs that a society treats as objective reality even though they are constructed. These social constructs, however, have very real consequences.

I think that concept of this is very important because it makes us aware of the nature of much of what we see as " real". This creates a power, because if we are all in charge of the rules in terms of producing these constructs then we can change them. If an idea or rule (like a gender role) was causing harm or was discriminatory, we do not have to adhere to it anymore. If we have the power as a group to create a "social construct," then we also have the power to replace an old agreement with something that is better.

Social stratification

debbielopez1405 — 2025-11-24 01:59:38 UTC

Social stratification is a society’s categorization of its people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education and power. Inequality in this program results from disparate access to resources, opportunities, and privileges for distinct groups. All societies use a degree of stratification, consisting of rigid, closed systems (such as castes), more open class structures and other divisions that impact on life chances and social standing.

Although, social stratification can theoretically inspire individuals to work hard and be inventive; I feel that it does more harm than good. It prolongs inequality in families, so that starting circumstances at birth continue to determine life outcomes even for the most talented or effortful. Such general disadvantage adversely affects social mobility and concentrates power with potential for social tension or conflict as a result. A just society would actively work to smash barriers to access either because of gender or anything else.