what privileges does Wealth give someone in the US? Cite 3 examples, and explain them. How did something we learned from class demonstrate/prove these privileges? Do you think anything could or should be done to adjust the societal "rules" that set up these privileges? If so what?

Wealth in the US gives people a major advantage in life. The wealthy dont have to worry about where there next meal is coming from. The wealthy have more privileges than anyone else in the world. They can afford to go to the better schools, they can be able to afford expensive cars and live in big houses. They have the privilege of being the top hand in society where they have a lot of power and influence over what happens in the world.

One thing that opened my eyes to how privileged the wealthy were was the monopoly game we played in class. The wealthy person started out with much more property than anyone else. This was a huge advantage because from the start, they could build houses and hotels because they could afford to waste some money on it. They also received more money each time they passed go which helped them afford even more properties and hotels. The lower class cant live on just 36 dollars every time they pass go. The amount of money made by each class made the game very lopsided and unfair. Another advantage that the wealthy had in the game as well as real life was the ability to get out of jail without really staying there for a while. In the world today, the wealthy can make bail so much easier than the poorer people of society.

The only thing that I could think of to change the rules in society is to make the poorer people have the same advantages in life as the wealthy or make the wealthy simply less wealthy. To make an equal society, there needs to be limits on certain aspects of peoples lives to make things more fair throughout the different social classes.