The US should introduce a system of ennoblement

These are my arguments about why the US should not grant titles of nobility 1) It does not reflect the social standing of the people receiving the titles 2) It puts people unfairly ahead of other ordinary people in a society where equality of opportunity is considered holy 3) Its flat out illegal 4) Making it legal would be a costly and time consuming process in a time where other issues are far more important 5) Putting the sole power of granting these titles to the president could be wasteful 6) Wouldnt work 1) Your first idea that titles of nobility should be used in the US is that the US should not use traditional British orientated titles, but instead should use American titles such as "dudette" and "honchorita" which dont really give off any sense of "nobility". If Steve Jobs for example was given the title of "dude" then addressing him as Dude Steve Jobs doesnt evoke a sense of awe or respect, in fact it makes him sound like any other ordinary person... 2) Giving people titles of nobility immediately places those people above society, which in the US (a country founded on equal opportunity for economic success) would go completely against American values and beliefs that have been a part of this country since its founding. Ordinary people would not take it lightly if the President was favoring certain individuals above the rest of the population, especially if those individuals really havent done anything at all (Spears or Hilton). Those titles of Nobility may end up making those people targets rather than people of nobility... 3) The Constitution completely forbids the granting of titles of nobility to anyone from anyone in the government. If this system were to be put in place an Amendment to the Constitution would need to be made which would be a very long and time consuming process. The amendment would probably not pass Congress and if it does I doubt that it would get 3/4 of state approval. All that time and attention which could have been used on other important issues would then be lost and pointless http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.lexisnexis.com... 4) I kind of combined the illegality of granting titles of nobility and the time consuming process that would occur to make an amendment to the Constitution to allow this under point 3.... 5) You say that only the President would be able to grant titles of nobility which means only the President could spend time and decide who gets which title of nobility, and that sounds like a large waste of time for the most powerful person in the world to be concerned with.... 6) Would titles of nobility really work? We dont respect Queen Latifah just because she goes by the name Queen, the same goes for a lot of other celebrities whose aliases include titles of nobility, but people respect them for other actions not just their names, List of people or things whose names include noble titles but are respected for other reasons Prince Larry King Billy Jean King Burger King King Kong Queen - The Band Queens of the Stone Age - Band Queen Anne's Revenge - Blackbeard's ship Queen Mary 2 - Ship Queens - Part of New York Prince Fielder - Baseball player Prince Edward Island - Island in Canada Prince of Persia - Game My point is that titles of nobility that are actual titles of nobility that people have are respected or honored for completely different reasons other than their names or titles. This implies that titles of nobility arent needed since Society even today has respected people who do have noble names for completely different reasons. (sorry I took so long replying)