If you look at the overall trends, economic mobility is decreasing for most Americans. http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2015/07/econom

If you look at the overall trends, economic mobility is decreasing for most Americans. http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2015/07/economic-mobility-in-the-united-states http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/20... Calling the US a 'feudal' state is obviously hyperbolic, but it's most definitely a classist society.