Discredited moneyed hereditary class

In the UK in the 1880s, 75% of the country was owned by 7,000 people, with a quarter of England and Wales in the hands of 710 of them. Half of the Scottish Highlands was owned by 15 lairds. In the 1970s a survey showed that of 500 families covered by the earlier survey, 52% still owned some of the land they possessed in the 1880s.

1. The presence of so called old boy network of distinguished families do not only enrich schools, colleges, and regiments; these ancestral connections also enrich trade unions, businesses, and indeed all human organizations and countries.

1. Lack of relationship between wealth generation and the public good
2. Elitist control of production
3. Class consciousness

1. Reinforcement of inappropriate development by privileged classes
2. Proliferation of private schools
3. Prohibitive death duties
4. Multi-car families
5. Family inheritance
6. Extravagant life style
7. Elitist sports

1. Vulnerability of middle-class
2. Tradition-bound land distribution
3. Snobbery
4. Elitist ruling classes
5. Distortionary tax systems
6. Absentee ownership

1. Unethical practices of government leaders
2. Unequal income distribution within countries
3. Pursuit of affluence
4. Excessive accumulation of wealth by government leaders

1. Protecting endangered monuments and historic sites
2. Giving privileges
3. Condemning traditional elitist land ownership

1. Underprivileged
2. Self-control
3. Privilege [D]
4. Land
5. Elitism
6. Discredit
7. Aristocracy