Well, this was too complicated; I am not sure what you are saying. ELI5?
I'm thinking about the United States, and what the linked article describes as an "elite" social class. I'm trying to be more explicit that what explains the character of an elite class is the attempt to control the transfer of elite status to the next generation of elites. The linked article doesn't explaining this well, presenting a model without much predictive value. A better model is something like:
People enter the elite class from other backgrounds via raw money and power. The initial entrant might be a military conquerer, a dominant politi...
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