I'm no authority, but as far as it goes the author probably encountered plenty of actual upper class americans at ivy league schools. I was inspired to watch a

I'm no authority, but as far as it goes the author probably encountered plenty of actual upper class americans at ivy league schools. I was inspired to watch a few episodes of the West Wing to see if I could sus out what he was talking about. I could pretty easily tell that Aaron Sorkin wrote it from a middle class perspective that fetishized and idealized wealth, education and power that he did not himself possess. I can see why ivy leaguers would like it, since it flatters them at every chance.