I'd say that a prevalence of rich kids is alarming, and not from an equality perspective or anything. It's alarming because an advanced and specialized economy

I'd say that a prevalence of rich kids is alarming, and not from an equality perspective or anything. It's alarming because an advanced and specialized economy like ours is at its most efficient when people are doing the jobs they're best suited for. If I'm well-suited to be a DBA and I'm instead doing something I'm much less well-suited for (like sales) then it's a societal net-loss[1]. Unless we assume there's a reason that the people who are best-suited or at least well-suited to be doctors are disproportionately rich, then we're probably winding up with poor/middle-class folks who'd make excellent doctors doing some other job they're less good at. [1] This is not and should not be read as an argument that DBAs > sales or anything to that effect.