The KKK and Real Estate

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To what extent are real estate agents similar to the Ku Klux Klan?
There is no stronger incentive than fear. Clans and secret societies are everywhere; Lawyers, police man, business man, politicians, life insurance sellers, car sellers and real estate agents are just some examples .The difference between them and the Ku Klux Klan is the aim and the means used to achieve their objective. The Klan’s aims is “by force and terror ,to prevent al political action not in accord with the views of member ,to deprive colored citizens of the right to bear arms and of the right of a free ballot ,to suppress the schools in which colored children were taught ,and to reduce the colored people to a condition closely allied to that of slavery”( Levitt , Dubner 50). Real estate agents as well practice terror on their costumers so that they will sell promptly making it easier for them to get their commission. As freakonomics defines the fear for someone selling is marketing under the Price or not selling at all .Both the Ku Klux Klan and real estate have secret codes, and use “information asymmetry “as tactics. Freakonomics gives an insight of the society means, code words and how the blowout of their mysteries made them frail .In the same direction the information of how the real estate agents work has been labeled. All of these societies have their secrets which make them strong and capable of dominating in their regions.
“The Klan unmasked “it’s a term used in the book freakonomics .The clan was started by six white catholic man’s right after the civil war .The clan started off as like/minded friends gathering around doing pranks and just mocking around. After some time passed it evolved into a multistate terrorist organization which targeted th...

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...s considering to have the best we can get. That does not make us malevolent, what makes us sinful is how we do the things and if our goals disturb others .The real estate agents encounter their goal by deceiving their clients into shutting early so that they don’t waste their time, meanwhile they offer their own houses ten days more so that they can receive more money than others.

Works Cited

"10 Secrets from a Real Estate Agent." 10 Top Real Estate Tips. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014. .
"Hatred and Profits: Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan." NBER. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014. .
Levitt, Steven D., and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: William Morrow, 2005. Print.

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