@mwolf Just not true. It has been statistically tracked that students from the lowest socio economic levels benefit the most from attending elite schools ( see one example of data above) . In fact, many people who decide to enter specific fields are not from the 1% but do have the elite degree. The whole notion that 1% controls the rest is bunk. Yes, there is a group of billionaires in the US. They are certainly not going to stop someone from else from making $$. IF people focused more on themselves and their own children they would have more success. Not financial success but life success. It has nothing to do with income but everything to do with mindset. The reality is, if people want a job that is focused on something they need to figure out the skills and education needed for that job.
BTW, in nations with no 1% ( communist/socialist) the economic outcomes of most is no better. So going after the “rich” won’t resolve the baseline issues.