Err. I think that is quite extreme. What we are seeing is an increasing number of wealthy people trying to fit into a system designed for a smaller number. I

Err. I think that is quite extreme. What we are seeing is an increasing number of wealthy people trying to fit into a system designed for a smaller number. I mean Harvard takes on a freshman year of 2,000 out of something like 3 million 18 year olds. Most Ivy Leagues will have a small airport nearby. Usually Cessnas etc. On graduation day that thing is full of private Lear Jets. The plain old wealthy, someone who worked hard built a successful company and retires - the American dream kind of thing we imagine here on HN. That person does not get a ducking look in at Harvard. The system is failing everyone - which is kind of weird. But nah. I don't think there are back rooms with smoke and cackling bankers working out how to stop the poor from reading. I mean that was true in slave owning southern states but that's now just toned down to simple racism in the country club. The problem is that the racists in the country club are only slowly coming aware how much the system is ducking them. None of them are able to say their daughters got into Harvard. Hence Trumps popularity. He probably won't fix it but he at least says he will and blames the country club racists problems on the people that they hate (as opposed to the actual cause)