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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not American. When I came here I found it nauseating that wealth was so worshipped in this country, any rando could get his name on a building provided he or she had enough money. It just doesn't work that way in most other countries.
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Yes, in America, "class" is based more on a meritocracy, [b]not who your family was going back generations. [/b]

As for the building naming, it could be the donors chose to name it after the HOS. At our school, you can even name a bathroom or broom closet if you like, they'll happily take your money. I think the minimum pledge for any naming rights is $100k but I forget exactly. We were going to embarrass our DCs by naming some inconsequential room after them![/quote]

Generally a member of those families did something great for their country and that's why they're honored on buildings. Feats of arms, defense of realm sort of stuff. But a lot of buildings are named after scientists, adventurers, entrepreneurs, etc. NOT aristocrats just because they're aristocrats.

And excuse me, are you saying that all rich people in the US earned their wealth, and that somehow they deserve to have their name on a school or university building? You call those rich people your meritocracy? Do you know what they did, a lot of them, to get there?

Maybe you should reread your history.
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