In class when we did the musical chair activity. I think it was to prove the point that in general, whether you're rich or poor, is based primarily on chance and not how hard you "try." The game of musical chairs focuses on the success of an individual without regard to any sort of strategy and is based purely on luck. I think in many ways this game can represent the United State's system of free trade and capitalism.
To start, the game and capitalism are similar, primarily on the fact that whether you "win" or "lose" is mostly chance based. I say mostly because some people DID seem to work harder to stay in the game, by pushing other people out of the way or trying to never be in between a chair by taking wide steps; but even with the extra effort it didn't seem to make much of an impact on who stayed in the game. This is the same way with the free trade market in the U.S. because usually those who are born to poorer, working class families tend to stay in their social "class." While those who are born to wealthy families stay wealthy, inheriting their parents fortunes along with the companies to continue the cycle of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
Fight the power (:
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