Equality in the New World
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Perhaps when John Winthrop left England for the New World he did not fully realize the wealth he would be giving up. In all probability he would not have cared, because above all he sought religious freedom. On the surface religious freedom doesn't sound like an equality issue, but closer examination reveals that it is. Religious freedom is but one issue that sought answers on the New World's shores; equality of taxes, women's rights, the abolishment of slavery, or the right to own slaves are all extended issues of the original fight for freedom and equality. All the writers discussed here argue their case according to how they view equality and the issue they are arguing. The letters of Mary Paul discuss and argue on several women's rights issues as well as issues on fair pay and working conditions that affected men as well. This she did without intending to prove a point. In the end each author, whether realizing it or not, makes it evident that equality does not exist, and cannot exist, in the New World we now call the United States of America. The argument that equality does not exist in the United States is self-evident. One need look no further than a city's ghettos or to the streets where the homeless wander, to recognize that all things are not equal. The questions then must be asked: is equality possible; can it be achieved in a free and democratic society, and would we want it if it were possible. In Of Thee We Sing Dale R. Steiner presents the stor
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ment about why inequalities must and always exist in a capitalistic society. Fitzhugh states that "The rich man, however good he may be employs the laborer who will work for the least wages." He further points out that because the labor force is always larger than the capital gains the workers are forced into competing against each other, at increasingly lower rates, to obtain employment. This automatically places them in a slave labor market.
The letters from Mary Paul to her father stress the inequalities that exist in the labor market and the driving force behind each person's desire to make money. Paul tells of the long hours and poor working conditions in the factories where she works. She tells of the boarding houses, which are owned by the factory owners, and how so much of her pay goes to paying her employers for room and board. Yet, she is driven, as are most of the other workers, to make money, to better her lot in life. Eventually she joins a commune based on utopic principles, but while this group strives to treat everyone equally it must function in a capitalistic society. When the group faces the loss of their factory they also face the loss of their group through their inability to recover financially. I
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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