What is GLADESCH?

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<p>Wiki entry on Baltzell:

Far more important to him than his personal preference for English clothes and for the ethos and manners of the gentleman was his conviction that aristocracy was necessary for the provision of leadership, both nationally and internationally. He felt that social stratification was inevitable, but that if the highest socio-economic levels were not accessible on the basis of merit (regardless of ethnic or racial background) society would degenerate into harmful caste-dictated divisions.

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<p>Interesting mini-lesson in history, but do you think the info is dated?</p>