This theory of stratification is certainly debated today and was also debated as far back in the early mid eighteen hundreds when Karl Marx his theory in his pamphlet "The communist manifesto" and by Max Weber in his essay "Class, Status, and Party". ... (Koponen, 366) Marx believed that social standing or rank was based solely on class position. ... Karl Marx also said that class position would also influence the amount of political power one had as well as the prestige that one enjoyed. ... This overall will lead to a classless society that leads to the end of inequality. ( Koponen...

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