In the movie, "People Like Us", many people have their different views on the term "class". Class is defined as a system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status. There are five levels of class: Upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, and poor. People in the U. S believe that everyone is middle class. Because we Americans, like a lot of other people, absolutely love to compare ourselves to others in this materialistic, consumer-based society of ours. We also love to dwell on the future, whether that be retirement, sending the kids to college, or paying off the house and car. It's literally in our blood, whether we know it or not.
A combination of these two elements can often make us Americans seem unfortunate and dissatisfied with the condition of our current lives. Remember, class is relative. For example, you could feel poor in a Ferrari, and conversely, you could feel like a million bucks in your one-bedroom apartment. The most important argument in the documentary is when they mention that low-income people tend to remain invisible to society. I feel like this issue is important because society associates being poor with being unimportant; therefore, it is harder for their opinion to be heard on critical issues. Instead, choices are being made for low-income people until they stand together and make a change. For example, in the documentary, it mentions that the city council voted for the co-op to build a downtown supermarket after several people gave their opinion about the co-op being too expensive. I agree that institutions that are run by high-class people often tend to look down on low-income people, and I can understand their reasoning for wanting another food store and their discomfort of shopping in the co-op. The weakest argument in the documentary was that if you walk into a store ...
