Aristocrats prefer a nation of peons/serfs. Our aristocrats today are neo-aristocrats, but wealth or power often results in a sense of entitlement. Once they’ve “arrived”, they see themselves as the ubermench, the rightful overlords of the peons.
Historically, the middle class is repugnant to aristocrats as those who can ignore their power and self-importance.
Our two political parties are sold out to America’s neo-aristocrats.
“Our two political parties are sold out to America’s neo-aristocrats.”
And they’ll continue to do so until almost all of the rest of the population is in a sort of debtor neo-serfdom.