Class System

I dont believe that the wealthy really EXPLOITS the poor, per se. Maybe without realizing it- but I think the problem is more that they simply don't realize the importance of the things that the poor do. I think there are some weatlthy that might use the poor as a means to make themselves look better- by either "helping" them or simply by being different. Many wealthy believe that the poor are poor because they are stupid, which isn't helped by the examples with SAT scores, although this isn't nessecarily a question of stupidity as much as a question of proper education. However, many wealthy live without ever really coming into contact with poverty- they see the, as the book puts it, "dressed-up" poor. Therefore, if the rich really exploits the poor, they do it unknowlingly- as in using them to help get richer, help build their companies, "bettering" poor areas by moving in ( and kicking the poor out), etc.