One of my favorite TV shows of all time, if not my favorite of all time is called Turn: Washington's Spies. The show is about the first ever American spy ring during the Revolutionary war. When looking at the show through a neo-Marxist perspective, the show reinforces the ideology of class structure.
Sellnow states that "A neo-Marxist perspective helps expose how material conditions and economic practices shape dominant ideology regarding taken-for-granted assumptions about who '' ought to be'' and "ought not to be" empowered." The show follows several different people, all of which are in different classes. The main character is a poor farmer, his father is a wealthy judge, other main characters are soldiers, and the final main character works in a pub. My question I would like to pose is, Do people today still treat people differently based on their class?
Throughout the show we can see the neo-Marxist ideology that reinforces the class structure. The main character is usually treated below everyone because of his profession and his poor wealth. However, he is also treated differently when with his father who is treated with more respect and has more influence over people because of his wealth and his political profession. The soldiers who are lower ranks are treated differently than those with higher ranks, and usually those with higher ranks talk down to the soldiers that have lower ranks.
In todays world, there is still a class structure, and we can see it. There is the upper class, middle upper class, middle class, and lower class. Just as in the show and following the ideology of class structure, the people in these classes are treated differently based on what class they are in, their profession, what they wear, what they drive, etc... There are many different things that people look at and based on that they could place you into a class structure and based on that, you could be treated differently. So does the class structure today still have that trickle down effect?
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