In three pages this paper presents Marxist theory in a consideration of the U.S. and the elitist influenced law and class divisions. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Senators and Congressmen go to Washington and represent the little people. While that is what many people think, nothing could be further from the truth. One only has to look
to politics today and see who is ruling. It is not the average citizen. In fact, to get into high places today, it is more likely than not that one
will have a great deal of money. Politicians are usually wealthy. This is not always the case. Bill Clinton was an exception. However, many others such as Jon Corzine and
Michael Bloomberg are very wealthy. Do they really want to help the people or are they in government to simply gain power? The answer will depend on how one looks
at politics in general. Marxist social class theory sees differences among people as being engines of conflict (Morse, 1998). Free market economists on the other hand see those
very same differences as being excellent for gains from trade that can make both groups better off (1998). Therein lies the difference between the free market economist and the socialist.
Still, laws are made by both groups of thinkers within the Democratic and Republican parties, each at different extremes. And at the same time, while one would think that the
laws to come from the bodies of Congress would be fair--as the various representatives fight it out--one has to wonder whether or not laws actually reflect the dominant position
of people in society. In some ways, one can say that it does. Again, various opinions are represented in government. The popular idea should win. Yet, while that is the
case, one has to notice something that Marx would likely have, which is that the elite are in fact running the government. Ted Kennedy may be a Democrat but he