In briefly evaluating the classical and modern explanations of social inequality, it is
             essential that we step outside the realm of our own lives, class position, and
             discard any assumptions we might have about the nature of inequality. This
             process of critical pedagogy allows us to view our world, not from our
             perspective, but from a wider, more critical analysis of inequality's nature. Also, it
             should be considered within this wider perspective that all theories of inequality
             have a class perspective, where the theorist, based on the position their theory
             takes, is making claims from (or for) a particular class (whether they want to or
             not). With this in mind, it seems that most of these theories come from fairly elite
             class perspectives and, in turn, tend to be more pessimistic about bringing change
             to the inequalities they are evaluating. Of the classical (elite) explanations of
             inequality, Max Weber's seemed to be most accepted within the domain of
             sociology and other social sciences dealing with modes of inequality. Weber, who
             believes that we are living within a sort of "iron cage" which cannot allow us to
             look beyond the rules and regulations of our capitalist system, emphasizes the
             importance of power relationships in society. Those who are in class positions at
             the top of the apex (of power distribution) are the people who, one, hold most of
             the power in society, and two, make the choices for the direction and reproduction
             of society. The majorities at the bottom of the apex, with very limited power, are
             unable to make choices that would bring them to their ends. The core attributes of
             the economic system are alienation and the bureaucracy, which create a
             dehumanizing effect on the characters within the system. The bureaucracy, with its
             rational legal authority, clear division of labor, career systems, and impersonality,
             is technologically more perfect than any...