Class depends on status(birth, marrage), monetary supply and behaviour. It is based as much on what other people think of you, and you think of yourself, than your actual standing.

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Quote from: BigSoyOne might also argue that the US doesnt have any upper class people  :mutley:

they do in a sense though

the chairman of the fed is given the title the honourable for example much like the eldest son of an aristocrat is over here

also senators, state governors and the president are addressed by their titles

Id say most senior judges, politicians, secretaries of state etc.. would fit into the US upper class

They are hardly upper class, there are just some powerful families. Any american citizen can be a senator, governor or president

how do you think the British upper class came into existence - theyre not all decedents of norman invaders

you did used to be able to buy proper titles etc... or simply get awarded them for becoming the big cheese in a particular area through accumulating vast wealth - suddenly some yorkshire mill owner hits the big time, gets a title, seat in the house of lords and has his own local militia unit

senator etc.. are a reasonable US equivalent as are political families as plenty of their politicians almost inherit thier positions and/or require a fairly decent chunk of wealth and social connections to obtain them

Some of those Americans got their wealth through  stuff like smuggling alcohol, drugs, people, etc.

Royalty
Aristocracy
Middle Class <
Working Class
Scum Class

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