nobility is not made with money (alone)

yeah muh meritocratic ______would never do stupid things

You brought up money not me

In terms of power

What I am getting at, is that you are conflating

confounding

No it's called political economics

Simplifications that obfuscate the truth.

you can say "the upper class", if you like

but "aristocracy" and "nobility" mean something else

in today's world , the "upper class" is an ascended merchant class, not a "nobility"

dude political economics was a field of study

"dude", that doesn't change the meaning of what we are discussing

you know what else is a "field of study"? Women's studies

K?

the point being, that doesn't mean they got this right, at least not completely

that flattening of terms and doing away with quality is a Marxist thing

Boogeyman

no

scurryyyyy

I am giving you reasons why it is wrong

it flattens out and erases distinctions that are meaningful, and functional

an aristocratic class does things differently than an ascended MERCHANT class, for DIFFERENT REASONS, and WITH DIFFERENT GOALS

You aren't giving anything substantive other than semiotics over labels

I've made claims

here follows more

Please no more

an aristocratic class is concerned with the preservation of structure and excellence, with quality in society, and thus is interested in the really long-term effects

Jesus Christ

an ascended merchant class is concerned with profit exclusively

I've given you substantial and clear statements at every step.

`an aristocratic class is concerned with the preservation of structure and excellence, with quality in society, and thus is interested in the really long-term effects`
I lold hard

IF you insist on being a pampered college boy without manners, that is a different issue

I'm out @diversity_is_racism , not going to waste my time with this sort of individual.

`aristocrats are defined as the following positive connotations. Merchants are defined as the following negative connotations.` scholarly insight brother

I'm glad he left

He has no idea how much more vig knows than him

I'm leaving the dojo senpai because this guy wouldn't play into my word games

ACTUALLY PELAGIUS MADE THE VALID POINT HERE

WE WOULD LOOK AT FREQUENCY, NOT ANECDOTES

no he really didn't. An aristocracy is just a description of power resting in the hands of a small class. In a feudal society that meant those who owned the land and passed it down via hereditary in most cases. In a capitalist society, power rests in the hands of those who own industry which is typically a small number of people residing in the investment class. In a socialist society, power rests in the hands of a few bureaucrats.