Is the American aristocracy the political elite or are they outside

>>1531984
USA is a fairly meridiocratic system, it's at worst an oligarchie at best a democratie.
And i'm not an american.

>>1531984

Most senators are millionaires, you figure it out.

>>1531984
They're spread across the first and third estate.

>>1532000
Just like their Roman forefathers!

>>1531997
It's an obvious oligarchy. It's not very meritocratic at all.

>>1531997
>meridiocratic

USA has LOWER social mobility than European states or even the UK, despite the existence of a literal class system in the UK.

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>>1531997
>meridiocratic
I think the north is more powerful than the south, anon.

>>1531984
America DOES NOT have an aristocracy, only plebeian oligarchy LARPing as aristocrats.

>>1531997
>meridiocratic

Is this a word?

>>1532126
Cite something supporting this which doesn't rely on a first-order autoregression.

>>1531984
It's meritocratic. The American Aristocracy exists as old money parallel to modern governments who mostly just throw money at lobbies and campaigns at their leisure.