The Golden Path Research Paper

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The Golden Path is not a modern culture. For our American standards this community is third world. The citizens of The Golden Path had the opportunity to have all of the technology of the modern age. However, they turned it down after seeing the corruption of the American people that had such technology. They did decided to keep guns and learned to make ammunition.
The main belief system for the people in The Golden Path community would be a system based on Karma. They believe that the more good deeds you do the better your afterlife will be. If one lives a good life then they would have great rewards in the afterlife. They believe that if you are bad then you will be punished 10 fold. They would somewhat believe in polytheism, multiple gods, but they would have one main god who controls their fates in the afterlife. The priest would be dressed in the finest clothes. The rest of the citizens would dress in plain earthy colors. The people of The Golden Path would like …show more content…

Even the young children in the community have jobs, which could be as simple as holding the baskets for the berries their moms collect. When there is time to play the children have target competitions with either a bow and arrow or a gun. The youngest children may run races and play hind and seek. The majority of their days are spent learning from the elders. The best part of the day is at night around the fire when the elders tell stories of the past.
The Golden Path does not fit with any of the three perspectives. Marx looked at the love of money and how few got rich from overworking the poor. This is not a problem in this community because there is no money. The closest sociological view to The Golden Path would be Weber. The Golden Path is absolutely a community based off of tradition. The elders pass everything down to the younger generation. There is little change in ideas or how people

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