: Class in US

1789: No Sir. The Constitution prohibits the granting of hereditary of honorary titles of nobility.

1835: "Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions." --Alexis de Tocquevill, in "Democracy in America."

1848: Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" offers a world view of class struggle and influences the course of history.

ヨーロッパ的な支配階級の形成から背を向けて、公平な社会を目指していたはずのアメリカにおいて、現代の階級対立がもっとも鮮明に浮かび上がっている。