I understand how someone could look at 'no inheritance' from the context of our current society as insane. In our world where money is everything, why would you not want to help your DNA get ahead as much as possible? It's a biological imperative. You make enough, by whatever means necessary, and your progeny can live a fat and happy life above the trials and tribulations of the common folk. The American Dream of banishing nobility, that we're all equal in the eyes of our Creator(the universe), has been perverted into the American Nightmare. We didn't banish nobility at all, we just divorced it from the whims of the crown and delivered it into the hands of pure avarice. In America you just buy your way to lands and titles. The Great Gatsby. Excoriate us if you want, for having the audacity to imagine something greater. Like our Founders did. But don't fool yourself as to your own motivations. They are selfish. You would argue that's enlightened self-interest. So did the nobles, before they lost their heads. Y'all don't actually want a level playing field for all, just one for everyone else while you and yours stand ahead.