John desires the best things in life - a fast car, designer clothes, and membership in exclusive clubs. but rather than work his way through the system, he has discovered he can have all these things by selling crack cocaine in the inner city. how would merton classify john?

innovator

Explanation:

a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products.

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.