Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-65.29.225.205-20130427160705/@comment-8881468-20130506181137

Have you noticed the structure of the British Government with the House of Lords and the House of commons?, aristocracy has it's role in a country like GB, which still holds that tradition dear. You will find aristocracy and money tied together in many places of the world.

By the way, you really want to make an argument with the US, a country that has a "nobility of money" and where you cannot really make the statement 2-3 generations tops simply because you will always have the  upper- planinum middle class.

Kennedies as example, really... I mean they've made their money off of booze in the 1870s and 1880s (P.J. Kennedy, who also went into politcs in the Massachusetts house of prepresentatives and state senate (from 1884 onwards) and we've had kennedies in office until 2011), so we could make the statement for ~ 130 years of influence in a country that is not even 250 years old.... and the whole clan still is considered wealthy.

they have social potential, as we would call it, simply because they come from upper platinum middle class backround, knowing people, networking and so on... have you ever considered the power and potential that such a birth gives you.. and the kennedies are no single example... have a good laugh and look at the distribution of wealth in the USA before you try to make such a foolish claim.