Is an Egalitarian Society Possible?

Is an egalitarian society possible?

In today’s society we abide by social stratification. We all look up to people who are more superior to us, but, what makes an individual or group more powerful than the other. Status, wealth of even norms and values? In England we stratify people into upper, middle and lower class. We all work for the upper class (bourgeoisies), unless of course, you are the owner of production. In past records, there has always been social stratification in our capitalist society. We have possibly always had a leader like, the Government. Our bosses are also an example. This gives many people opinions and theories on how society does and should work. Is social stratification of a better group in society fair? Which gives socialists the theory of whether we all could live together in an equal, egalitarian society?

You could say that the closest we have to an egalitarian society would be the profound ‘Kibbutz system’. The Kibbutz system is an Israel commune that forms 7% of the Israel population; it was founded in 1909 by a man called Joseph Baratz. In 1909 thousands of Palestine’s were hiring and using the Arabs to farm their lands. Joseph thought that this was unfair and a more egalitarian society was necessary. This means that there is no private property, not even tools or clothes, all work was equally shared. This removes the chances of having proletariat’s working for the bourgeoisies. This system was all about being self sufficient to the economy, politics and even though it helped politics and economy to a certain extent, charities and later the Government helped provide money and support in the Kibbutz system. There have been many changes in the system since 1909, one being that this system was just for agriculture however nowadays the kibbutz system has brunched out into industry.

Although this system seems beneficial and fair, however one sociologist named Eva Rosenfeld found that even in this system of society, the system was...