A Classless Society In America

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If there were such a thing as a classless society in America I do not believe that my life would be affected very much, if not at all. Along with believing that my life would not be affected I also don’t think my relationships would change, and if they did I believe it would be for the better. I believe it would be for the better cause in a classful society it is judgment all the time based on the class that you belong to, it does matter how you are on the inside to the classful society, but if there was a classless society I believe that there would be less judgment so building strong relationships and even gain a few new relationships would because a new thing.
I think that if America became a classless society, many new ideologies would

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