Blog 8

This week on Monday we got to play a game in class.  The game was called Sociopoly  which is a Sociology game made out of a the game Monopoly.  For this game each person started with a different amount of money and property.  There were five groups I believe and each started with a different amount of money and the top two groups even started the game owning property.  The game also had different rules in that the farther up you were in class ( or the more money you started with) the more money you would get each time you passed go.  For this game I was on the fifth team, the team that started with the least amount of money and the team that got screwed if you want to say on all the other benefits that the upper groups got.  We were not in the game long as we rolled I think twice before landing on property that an upper group owned and took all our money.  This game related very well to our class discussion and readings of that week.  It showed the inequality between the classes and how for some reason the rich always get richer.  The game on a small version showed how the real world is and how hard it is to make it in life when you don't have much to start with or no one to help.  This game was frustrating especially being on the poor end of the game and getting out and watching everyone else keep playing and this was only a game we were playing in class.  Now think of this in real life and think how frustrating it has to be for the people who start out with little to nothing and they have to sit there and watch all the upper class people live their good life with all their riches and possessions.  I couldn't imagine living real life like this like some people have too.  I didn't really realize what it was like until this game even though it was a game and on a much smaller scale I still got to sit there and for a few seconds be in their shoes.  One thing this game taught me was that life isn't fair and it is a cruel and rough world out there for a lot more for others than some. 

Below I have posted an article basically confirming what I said above on how the rich are getting rich and the poor are getting poorer.  You may not believe it but once you read this article you will see first hand that it is true and that something needs to be done about this.  This should not be happing this way as the poor or working class should not be getting poorer when they are the ones doing all the work.  Something needs to be done where the workers get paid for the work that they do not get screwed. 
http://fusion.net/american_dream/story/us-rich-richer-poor-poorer-11703