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Indeed, we are often reminded in our contemporary society of the presence of several institutions that protect the interests of the powerful. The police force for instance, despite having the aim to safeguard the interests of the weaker sections of society, has been found to protect governments in power during public protestations, manifestations and revolutions; this several times in history. It tends to shield the government against public ill-satisfaction and outrage. The Jim Crow System has remained an important phase in history where laws were unfairly practiced for the sole purpose of bringing down the black people. In this spirit of racism, the previous decade that Great Britain lived, witnessed the minority ethnic group being punished more severely that the majority white locals. A judiciary panel once convicted a British Car burglar to 9 months of prison while for the same offence, an Asian immigrant reaped reaped 1.5 years of imprisonment. Thus, the entire law-making and law-upholding system time and again demonstrates its partiality and inclination in excusing those in position of power.
Those same powerful people weave out social norms that are meant for their own benefits first. This is often reflected through our psyche. Take for example the consumption of a socially accepted drug: alcohol. Despite extensive counselling by medical research, alcohol still courses down the veins of common people. This could very easily be equated to the fact that alcoholic beverages come from the big distillery industries owned by the wealthy upper class, who in an attempt to secure their financial gains, tend to perpetuate the continued existence of a drug that is a slow killer, whether abused or not. Powerful people are able to influence the mass, setting out the norms of society that play in their favor, especially since they are the ones who usually own media corporates... For More, Inbox or Comment down below!