You should probably start with http://littlesis.org/ http://littlesis.org/ as they've been doing this charting for a while. But it's more complex than, say the

You should probably start with http://littlesis.org/ http://littlesis.org/ as they've been doing this charting for a while. But it's more complex than, say the french nobility in the 18th century since there is no central authority and access to the peerage is explicitly obscured ( there is no nobility in America ) and although it is certainly possible for individuals to lose favor and fall out of the elite ( Bill Cosby this week ). It's worth remembering that the prime threat to Aristocrats has always been other Aristocrats aside from the occasional epic convulsion like the french revolution or the english reformation. Given the current state of affairs, America looks most closely parallel to pre-renaissance Italy. Although if Jeff Koontz is our Michelangelo; perhaps we don't deserve our empire.