This creates a strain among the groups within these societies, social conflict suggest that the oppressed groups should revolt against the elites and establish a society of collective ownership and mass democratic control. If these gaps continue and more and more problems begin to arise from inequality a revolution may be in the near future. .
During my research I came across a man named Fernando De Maio of DePaul University. According to Fernando De Maio his research revolved around the health effects of income inequality, a common area of research in social epidemiology, the idea that our health is determined by the amount of income we make as an individual and how the wealth is distributed among the society. Even though numerous studies to prove the hypothesis of there being a relationship between income inequality and poor health (Fernando De Maio 2012). After applying the social conflict theory to this article and the above hypothesis we can see why some do believe there is some correlation between the two. If the elites do indeed use their power to exploit the weaker groups it would make sense that those of lower income groups may experience a decline in health due to not having the resources and income for things like health insurance and hospital bills. A group weak in terms of wealth, income, and health would have a very low chance of a successful revolt against the elite group. Two websites were used for my research as well, within these online texts we come across a lot of interesting information. People wonder how wealthy the top 1% of society really is, according to a graph presented on the website the top 1% have a mean household income of $1,318,200 while the 40th-60th percentile only have a household mean of around $41,700 (W. Domhoff 2014). To put it in terms of net worth the top 1% own about 35% of all wealth, then the next 4% owns around 28% the next 5 and 10% own 14 and 12% of our countries net worth.
