Money makes the world go around, huh? Well, I picked a $100 vs $1. People with larger bucks seem to feel more powerful than people with $1 or $5. They feel they are the most dominant in this social class society. Thats how people become unequal and mistreated. Money is the root of all evil but yet everyone wants a piece of it. It's a bit scary how money can change a person so quickly. I bet if the world didn't consists of dollar signs, everyone would be equal and considered as one instead of being divided by "class".
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The Hamptons Vs Trailer Parks is a good example of Hegemony. I personally would love to stay in a gorgeous house like this one day, but who knows if I'll the the funds to pay for it. People that have 5 million dollars houses, drive 300,000 cars, own 20,00+ of jewerly automically feel superior to others. I have witnessed it on many occasions like on t.v. sitcoms and in real life situations. I'm not the type to judge someone but people that stay in trailer parks seem to have less than others. Its just a stereotype that's been put on groups of this kind many years ago. I understand that some individuals are less fortunate than others but thats no way to treat a human being. It always seem to me that people who look down on others are always the ones going bankrupt or the houses are in foreclosure or owe the IRS millions of dollars.
I think hegemony can go all the way down to the food chains. I'm from Detroit, MI and we have chains of Happy's Pizza. I dont know if it's in other a states but it started in MI. If I was to choose a pizza to have for dinner, I'll going with Pizza Hut. I think Pizza Hut has better food than Happy's. It tatses fresh, the perfect seasonings and the crust have just enough butter on it. Happy's Pizza is flat, has very little sauce and it's just something about it that looks pretty disgusting. So in this example, Pizza Hut is better and more dominant. If you was to go the the suburbs there's no Happy's Pizza in sight, no even one. So that alone tells you what that means: It's found on the urban parts of the city only.
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Although I could be wrong, I do not see the correlation between mansions vs. trailors parks as fitting into the definition of hegemony. People who make the money to afford the "better" things in life are not necessarily trying to strong arm the people who cannot afford said things. To me I believe that the wealthy do nothing more than to look down at the trailor park people and have no intention of using the poor as an advantage to them to better themselves. Its obviously tough for me to explain this while typing. I guess this is better served for me to explain in person.
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