He created a system that involved more components than Marx's. He suggested that there were many more classes in a society. People may have a high status in society and not own the means of production. Society is therefore more complex than Marx theorized. Weber proposed 3 dimensions of stratification. One of the dimensions is class. The class is made up of people who are in similar positions. They have similar opportunities to obtain social resources. The skills and credentials of people in society can help place them in a certain class. This creates more for a society than just the 2 classes Marx suggested. People can earn a high income to get rewards without owning the production. Another dimension mentioned by Weber is status. Status is not based on economic factors like class is. It deals more with a person's lifestyle. Two people can have similar incomes but live very different lifestyles. This creates a different status for the two people. Many things can affect the status. Education is an important status in society. People with a good education generally have a higher status than those without. These status groups can gain power by gaining some type of control over social institutions. They can also gain power by controlling assets. (Iceland,