{"id":740,"date":"2020-06-23T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/?p=740"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:39:00","slug":"discussion-board-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/2020\/06\/23\/discussion-board-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Board  5.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><em>Keep in mind our Online Discussion Guidelines:<\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/online-discussion-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/online-discussion-guidelines\/<\/a><br><br><em>Instructions for completing this discussion board assignment:<\/em> <br><br>a) Identify which discussion question you are answering in your comment by placing the relevant number at the start of your answer. For example:<br><br><strong>2.&nbsp;Crime&nbsp;has&nbsp;often&nbsp;been&nbsp;used&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;form&nbsp;of&nbsp;social&nbsp;control&nbsp;by&#8230;<\/strong><br><br><strong>4.&nbsp;Michelle&nbsp;Alexander&#8217;s&nbsp;argument&nbsp;about&nbsp;segregation&#8230;<\/strong><br><br>b) Respond to <em>two&nbsp;other&nbsp;students&#8217;&nbsp;comments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Respond to the following questions in the &#8220;Comment&#8221; box below:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As we learned thus far, the capitalist class consists of people who own wealth, as well as the means of production in American society. An important question in understanding how this class works is to ask: how does a capitalist remain wealthy? The answer to this question depends largely on understanding the diagram M-C-M&#8217;. So, let&#8217;s practice by  explaining what happens in this diagram in our own words (but basing our ideas on Reading 5.1). Respond to the following question:  <strong>Explain M-C-M&#8217; to show how capitalists maintain and increase their wealth.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>hint: your answer should weave a summary that includes what you reviewed in the self-assessment exercise question 1-7)<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we learned thus far, the capitalist class consists of people who own wealth, as well as the means of production in American society. An important question in understanding how this class works is to ask: how does a capitalist remain wealthy? The answer to this question depends largely on understanding the diagram M-C-M&#8217;. 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