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Essay / Mexican society in the eyes of Karl Marx and Emile...
In the article entitled “The daughter of a Mexican official closed her restaurant because she did not get the table that she wanted” gives us the opportunity to explore a current event in Mexico. society and the influence of social media that we try to understand through the eyes of Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim. We will focus on Karl Marx's conflict theory of capitalism and Emile Durkheim's theory of dynamic density structural functionalism. Both theories remain relevant today, and there is a correlation between the effect of social media on selfish and altruistic states of anomic suicide in today's society. In summary of the article, the Mexican government investigated an incident at a Mexico City bistro in April involving allegations that Andrea Benitez, the daughter of Humberto Benitez Trevino (the federal attorney general for consumer protection) sent inspectors to close a bistro which would not have given him the table he had been promised. After inspectors overreacted to allegations; Showing up with "suspended" signs and suspending two of the restaurant's licenses (covering reservations and alcohol sales), Trevino ordered the raid suspended and apologized for his daughter's inappropriate behavior. Due to the easily accessible nature of social media, thousands of unenthusiastic Mexican citizens tweeted about the incident with hashtags and photographs. As the numerous examples of abuse of power by family members of officials in the article indicate, this appears to be a common trend among Mexican proletariats. As a result, Mexican citizens, plagued by deep class divisions and a growing wealth divide, are increasingly disaffected. In 2011, President Pena Nieto's teenage daughter retweeted a tweet...... in the middle of an article...... views of medical theorists are relevant to explaining socio-economic events which are currently taking place in Mexico and throughout our country. technologically advanced society. Every society must adapt to these changes and one can hope that Mexican citizens will learn to manage these changes. Both theories fail to deal with these types of problems. Works Cited: Lenhart, A., M. Madden, A. Smith, K. Purcell, K. Zickur and L. Rainie. Pew Research Center, 2011. 0. < http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media.asp&xgt.Np. Internet. October 8, 2013. http://www.sociologyindex.com/anomic_suicide.htm. Ritzer, George. Contemporary sociological theory and its classical roots. Fourth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. Print. Vallejo, B.. Np. Internet. October 8, 2013. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Populations.html .