Traditional American elites are feeling increasingly insecure about their position as they face stronger and stronger academic/meritocratic competition every si

Traditional American elites are feeling increasingly insecure about their position as they face stronger and stronger academic/meritocratic competition every single year, giving rise to articles like these. Traditional elites have been outcompeted out of the top unis for at least two decades now and the competition is increasingly coming for their stronghold schools like NYU and USC. It is no longer enough to be a relatively bright child of rich parents and that is causing a lot of anxiety.