POL 166 HW 4

Quote:
"In this economic  context, the "natural law" of equality tends to be obscured leading people to believe that inequality between people is the normal and natural state of being"

My interpretation:

    This is exactly what I feel "they" want. The truth of the matter is, I am an American Citizen, born and raised, by immigrant parents. Yet I truthfully do not know who are the people that manage our government or our politics, besides big guys like the President of the United States, and a few senators. I understand that there is a system. I don't know who works for that system. That's the sad personal truth. So in a greater sense, of course they would want us to forget the "natural law". Of course they would want us to believe that inequality between people is normal. Because "they" are at the top. Anyone at the top, would claim that there is nothing wrong with society, and that everything makes sense, while the opposite holds true for the people at the bottom. It's an ILLUSION that we are unequal. We are all human. If anything, our biology should determine whether we belong at the top, and not class or money. But we are all human. We all eat, live, and experience. We all have a brain, and we all are born and die. Inequality only exists because social constructs exist that determine the experience of any given man, and a man is a product of his experiences. I agree with the fact that the obscurity of "natural law" is leading people to accept that inequality is normal. Inequality exists, but it is definitely not a normal and natural state of being. That has been socially constructed over many years, and generations.