Everyone can see that a society is unequal. The hard question is why — and sociology has never settled on one answer. Davis and Moore say inequality is a job society needs done. Marx says it is theft, built into who owns what. Weber says money is only one of three ladders, and people climb them at different speeds. Tap each lens, click into its diagram, then see whether you can tell the three apart.
Three explanations
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Why is society unequal?three answers, three paradigms