The Social Conflict Theory & the Battle of Classes

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          1.  Introduction

           1.1 The Social Conflict in the ancient world

Many people in the ancient world constantly engaged in conflicts to exercise full control of resources and superiority over other human races. From the 16^th-19^th century, European nations such as France, Britain and Spain were involved in human trafficking. Millions of Africans, especially West Africa, were shipped to America. The Atlantic slave trade was the catalyst that ignited bitter feelings among the people and chieftains who partnered with Europeans to oppress their fellow Africans. The natives opposed human trade, subsequently leading to the renaissance of social unrests that culminated in the proliferation of violent and lawless cases in West Africa.

 Historically, European nations developed excessive appetites for establishing different colonial territories around the globe to get access to the lucrative raw materials, fertile lands, and cheap labour that was readily available in America, China, and African nations. As a result, many people in various colonies were deprived of their essential freedom of enjoying natural heritage rights. In the 19^th century, most European nations amassed more resources by annexing more lands in their respective colonies (Salvadó 2016). The countries from Europe constantly fought to have autonomy over each other, and as a result, World War 1 broke in 1914, where Europeans confronted each other to defend their acquired colonies. The tensions did not cease after World War 1; a similar war erupted after the lapse of virtually three decades, ruining massive lives and properties. The entire world eventually came to a concession, and many peace treaties were signed to become blueprints for fostering peaceful relations among humanity.

1.2 The Social Conflict in the Modern World

Despite establishing peace agreements by then, people, communities and nations in today's world engage in sharp confrontations. Some societal conflicts are traced to the fight for religious ideologies, political aspirations, desire for economic autonomies, racial discrimination, anti-sentiments and the need to get rid of corrupt government regimes. Sometimes, the aforementioned social needs fuel the uprising of movements that advocate for opinions and ideas of the social groups which feel deprived of their inherent rights and freedoms as other sects of the people in the society. In situations where the leaders in the society fail to address social concerns expressly by the people in an amicable manner, the ultimate consequences could threaten the existence of stable peace in a country. Such scenarios are common in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.

In the recent past, there was a conflict between the china and United States brought about by the war trade. The two countries compete for export market dominance by ensuring constant technological evolutions to meet the new demands of the international market. Notably, the two countries imposed huge import tariffs against each other to limit access to the cheap industrial materials available in China and U.S. In 2017, the American federal government gave Beijing ultimatums to implement the forced transfer of technological know-how, limited market access, and intellectual property theft (Kim &Margalit  2021. The battle for market share supremacy between China and U.S. led to the imposition of tariffs on goods from both countries, $550 billion and $185 billion for Chinese and U.S. goods, respectively. As a result, the negative repercussions were noticeable in the economies of the China and United States as GDPs dropped by 2.1 per cent and 6 per cent,...