Explain Marx's concept of ideology and discuss how the demographics of Canada's social,political,and economic elite support Marx's ideas of the role of the dominant ideology in society.

Ideology can be defined as a set of beliefs and values that support and justify the ruling class of a society.Canada's political,economic,and social elite are Caucasian men.As a society,we tend to believe that these people are where they are because they have earned it.However,if you begin to look beyond these individuals' capacities,you will find that as a society,we rarely challenge the ideological assumptions that support either the accumulation of wealth by individuals at the exclusion of the poor (i.e. ,capitalism)or the belief that what men do is more important than what women do.The dominant ideology of a society,then,is one that maintains the position of the ruling elite.