Genetic determinism of status

A large‑scale revival of the claim that family social status primarily reflects inherited genetics, supported by multi‑century genealogies and national register data rather than conventional environmental explanations. The argument reframes social mobility debates by treating intergenerational correlations in wealth, education, and occupation as evidence of biological transmission rather than social structure alone. — If accepted or widely publicized, this framing would shift policy debates about inequality, education, and immigration by redirecting attention from structural interventions to biological explanations and contested measurement choices.