03-25-2013, 09:18 AM
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3 out of 4 syrians are in the lower class of the 2 primary social classes there:
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In Syria there are many degrees of socio-economics, but mainly there is a wealthy class, and a poor class. When I say wealthy I mean having the ability to purchase luxury items, travel on vactions, and afford automobiles and other "high cost" technology for the region. The poor live at a sustenance level, have few or no luxury items, can't vacation further than local regions(many can't afford a Hajj), and travel by service microbus mostly. The seperation between these two groups is gastly. The guestimate for the poor, under previous definition, would range in the sixty to eighty percent range. There is a dwindling middle class here and a small upper class that would make up the "wealthy" statistic. This in mind, the few on the top end enjoy private schools and have far more freedoms to educate themselves outside the country for long periods of time. The poor classes have shoddy at best public schools that do no more than indoctrinate into the ruling political machine and maintain a level of ignorance in a society that claims to be well educated. Different ethnic groups such as Armenians and Kurds live outside the norm of society living within their own communities, speaking their own languages, and resenting being resented. The Kurds have been dealt the worst hand. Even here they are treated as second class citizens by society and shunned from many political events in fear of them gaining any sort of political clout. From what I have seen they definitely take advantage of the free university system, eventhough it seems unprofessional and trite.
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