“Mean Things Happen” The Great Depression The 1930’s were hit by a serious economic disaster called the great depression. This problem ruined the rural economy. The film “Mean Things Happen” visited the times of the great depression from a social as well as economic standpoint. The movie illustrated how capitalists went to unscrupulous measures to continue with their control over the proletariat class. Social and economic stratification were also issues that were boldly outlined in …showed first 75 words of 474 total…

…showed last 75 words of 474 total…had no other choice but to succumb to these unjust conditions. Karl Marx said that when workers come to realize that capitalists are the source of their oppression, they will unite and throw off the chains of their oppressors. In a bloody revolution, they will seize the means of production and usher in a classless society, where no longer will the few grow rich at the expense of the many, (Sociology, A Down-To-Earth Approach pg. 236)