Problem
Discredited moneyed hereditary class
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Traditional elitist land ownershipPrivileged families
Reappearance of the aristocracy
Elitist control of property
Incidence:
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.
Broader Problems:
Class consciousnessElitist control of productionLack of relationship between wealth generation and the public good Narrower Problems:
Elitist sportsFamily inheritanceMulti-car familiesExtravagant life styleProhibitive death dutiesProliferation of private schoolsReinforcement of inappropriate development by privileged classes Aggravates:
SnobberyAbsentee ownershipElitist ruling classesDistortionary tax systemsVulnerability of middle-classTradition-bound land distribution Strategies:
Giving privilegesCondemning traditional elitist land ownershipProtecting endangered monuments and historic sites Subject(s):
Biosciences → GeneticsCommerce → Land ownership
Commerce → Property
Cybernetics → Control
Recreation → Folk traditions
Society → Class, caste, elites
Society → Family
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
16.10.2021 – 10:59 CEST