The ruling class of 1824 looks nothing like the ruling class of 1924, looks nothing like the ruling class of 2024.
To be fair about specifically the ruling class of 1924, most of those people's descendants chose to fuck off, or are silently members of the 'own nothing and be happy' group. Some of them, like Henry Ford's relatives, just own sports teams, as IIRC, Henry had the Ford Foundation essentially stolen from him before his death.
That still counts. There are no "American Hapsburgs". The Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts are not what they once were. In fact, many of them have changed their names.
To be fair about specifically the ruling class of 1924, most of those people's descendants chose to fuck off, or are silently members of the 'own nothing and be happy' group. Some of them, like Henry Ford's relatives, just own sports teams, as IIRC, Henry had the Ford Foundation essentially stolen from him before his death.
That still counts. There are no "American Hapsburgs". The Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts are not what they once were. In fact, many of them have changed their names.