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I don't think "old money" really "drives the country" in the US. Although that is probably also a bit of an overstatement in Europe as well, this issue is real
by javert 14y ago
I don't think "old money" really "drives the country" in the US.
Although that is probably also a bit of an overstatement in Europe as well, this issue is really one of the major historical distinctions between the US and Europe.
- walshemj 14y agooh I don't know America likes to think it doent have a class system but look at the Bushes old money also Bill Gates fits into this class where as say Larry Ellison doesn't
- philwelch 14y agoJust because there are old-money families doesn't mean they're a major part of the class system. Larry Ellison doesn't have fewer privileges than Bill Gates. The Clintons don't have fewer privileges than the Bushes.