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The Rigged System: Why the Middle Class is Struggling to Survive

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07.03.2025

The world has witnessed transitions in many areas, whether it is economic, political, or social structures of society. History has experienced the dichotomy between two segments of societies: the poor and the rich. From the agricultural era to the stage of artificial intelligence, the middle-class segments remained under stress and burden. In the agricultural era, the rise of the feudal and jagirdari systems affected the equilibrium maintained in the world by hunter-gatherers. However, when people put their heads in one place and had not walked towards new areas to hunt animals and survive, the societal system emerged and began to dominate the society. This system was created by both of the segments, but later the rich dominated the structures of societies.

The social system was established that favored privileged and harmed underprivileged. That was the time when people started to perceive race, sex, color, and ethnicity as distinct from each other. After passing the agricultural phase, the industrialization stage began to shape the structures. The rich empires began to explore new lands and resources to expand their influence. In this way, the British, French,........

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