Jeffrey, you mentioned in traditional society, social status is based on nepotism. America is an exceptional nation for many reasons. Alexis de Tocqueville while visiting America was captivated by America’s sense of community regardless if they were related. The catalyst for this observation was likely America’s religiosity. ““[sic] so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another” Likewise, a byproduct of America’s sense of community is egalitarianism. Unlike other nations that subscribe to nepotism social structure in America at the time of de Tocqueville’s visit, the wealthy and poor readily associated. Murray contends, during the Founding generation, the rich were scared to not associate with the poor
