"A society where rich kids don't have any advantage" is reductio ad absurdum. No one is talking about that. We're simply talking about meritocracy, which has

"A society where rich kids don't have any advantage" is reductio ad absurdum. No one is talking about that. We're simply talking about meritocracy, which has been the path of progress since the Enlightenment. It in no way debases the rich if Johnny can't get into a top university because his Daddy can't buy his way in.