Blog Post 5

http://www.alternet.org/economy/152512/6_ways_the_rich_are_waging_a_class_war_against_the_american_people?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet

                This online article is about the war between the classes in our current society and covers what they claim are the 6 ways the rich are waging the war against the American people. This article was interesting to read because it goes over ways the upper class is causing problems and waging this “class war” with the lower classes. One of the problems I found with this source is that a lot of times it will report on statistics, numbers, facts, etc. without backing them up. We don’t know where they got these numbers or facts from, because for a lot of them it does not say, it just states the fact.  In defining what they deem the biggest ways the rich are waging a class war, they often use comical phrases, or phrases to dumb things down, to summarize a whole reason or section. I think this Is a good tool to use because they put things into terms that everyone can understand, and everyone can relate to in some way. The author uses sarcasm and other tools that could be considered light natured to point out flaws in the way the upper class speaks/acts that encourages the division of classes and the conflicts between the different classes.  A lot of the causes that the author points out is baseless claims made by the wealthy class that belittle the lower class. This causes harsh feelings between the two, thus encouraging class warfare. This article doesn’t assume its readers are very knowledgeable, as it takes the time to explain a lot of things as opposed to assuming we all know everything already, they just don’t back up some of their facts and numbers very well.