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War: 

Ryan Eckenrode War

Class systems: 

Class systems A Class system is based off the belief that hard work determines a person’s class

That would be acceptable: 

That would be acceptable

If it were true: 

If it were true

The Fallacy of hard work: 

The Fallacy of hard work Hard Work alone will not get anyone into power, prestige, or riches

Legitimate power: 

Legitimate power “Power that has been justified”

Norms: 

Norms “rules about behavior in society”

Those in power wage war in foreign land: 

Those in power wage war in foreign land

While the rest lose their lives in battle: 

While the rest lose their lives in battle

Socioeconomic Standing: 

Socioeconomic Standing is a measure of people’s income, education, occupational prestige, and wealth

This determines who makes the war versus who fights the war: 

This determines who makes the war versus who fights the war

Slide 14: 

1,325 Americans between the ages of 18 and 21 died in the Afghanistan War

Politicians use ideology…: 

Politicians use ideology… “knowledge that has been distorted by social, economic, or political interests”

Slide 16: 

In war, truth is the first casualty ~Aeschylus

And ethnocentrism….: 

And ethnocentrism…. “the human tendency to judge others as inferior”

To justify their wrongdoing: 

To justify their wrongdoing

The iraq war: 

The iraq war 32,195 Seriously Wounded

Slide 20: 

4,481 US Soldiers Killed

Force always attracts men of low morality ~Albert Einstein : 

Force always attracts men of low morality ~ Albert Einstein