On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> On 10/30/2010 05:59 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
>
> Hey, I love Soc 101, so I agree with most of this. I do have a hard time
> thinking of the norms of capitalists as "deviant" when they are in fact the
> dominant norms of our society (e.g., personal responsibility, individualism,
> self-interest). For instance, if you ask the majority of people in our
> society why some people are poor, they will typically point to poor people's
> personal deficiencies. I agree that's the result of the incessantly
> reinforced norms and values of capitalism; however, from a sociological
> perspective, there's nothing "deviant" about it; it's just the dominant
> perspective in our society right now.
>
>
> Miles
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