Marshal

Differential status, associated with class, function, and family, was replaces by the single uniform status of citizenship, which provides the foundation of equality on which the structure of inequality can be built.

T.H Marshal

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As citizen of a state, individuals are granted certain rights. Because there is no universal principle that is used to determine what these rights are, often times these rights will differ among states. Something all citizens will likely agree on is that citizenship grants these individuals the rights to engage as an independent unit in the economy. Citizenship, in theory, grants the individual the right to strive for success and function as another piece of the economy.

With the rising of the of citizenship, in theory, all start as equal and status and worth are no longer based on family or class. The dangers of inequality was relevant to many since the early stages of democracy. This new system allowed individuals, regardless if class and family, to strive to accomplish things previously out of reach. This passage shed light on a downside of citizenship and the free economy it enables. Citizenship and the free economy would be great, if the system did not make it possible for few to benefit at the cost of others. The very system set up to create equality contributes to the growth of inequality among citizens