Lesson time, whiteboys!
In essence, the United States operates under a class-based caste system.
It’s a time honored, societal structure practiced in several cultures, long before our country existed. It dictates one’s class based on birth. In layman’s terms, if your family is wealthy, you’re golden. If your family is poor, you’re screwed. We all are perfectly aware of that dichotomy. It’s a construct of hereditary channels that often dictate one’s future prospects at occupations as well as their social opportunities.
India’s Hindu culture still openly uses this type of social hierarchy as their preferred lifestyle. By the way, India is one of six countries still practicing slavery, with a staggering 18 million people living in forced servitude. The other five countries which still routinely observe open enslavement of peoples are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, and North Korea.