Classes Quotes
His argument is that the children of the wealthy tend to become rich, not by inheriting money from their parents but by culturally and educationally becoming assimilated to and skilled at the language and norms of business and capitalism. There is a great deal of evidence to support this, however there is a political split between those who argue that inheritance taxes will do little or no good in producing equal opportunity for children of wealthy and poor parents. Therefore, abolish the tax. Others argue that the tax is needed to make up for the differential capability at money making as the funds could be used to provide better training for the children of the poor.
The class warfare and control of society previously by the wealthy made this the first article of the new Spanish Constitution. This very concept was one of the factors that led to the Spanish Civil War as Spain was in many ways still a feudal society.
He had been exiled to the United States.
"Centuries" or "centurions" were army officers who commanded 100 men. They were the lowest ranking senior officer who had much direct contact with the decurions (sergeants) and the troops themselves. Conversely, they were the officers that the troops knew the best and were generally most influenced by.
