manufacturing aristocracy, n.Definitions

Manufacturing aristocracy (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one of the harshest the world had seen, Tocqueville warned, and if it ever escaped its bounds, permanent inequality would end democracy.