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I think it’s the other way around - people at elite schools are the most likely to complain and be listened to by their fellow elites, and that goes for the Professor here too.

I didn’t hear about any incidents like this at my alma mater, which is 20 miles away from Duke, probably because the elites don’t care about what we have to say. It’s one of the many things that turns me off from the “campus war” meme.



>> people at elite schools are the most likely to complain and be listened to by their fellow elites

You have no source for this and seem to have an anti-Duke bias based on your second statement. Why should we believe what you said?


I have more of an anti-elite bias than an anti-Duke bias.

I’d rather have a society that listens to the grievances of everyone than one that focuses exclusively on the top 1% at a very specific age.


You do realize that not everyone that attends Duke is an elite, right? Some of my best friends were as middle class as you can get and were super smart kids who earned their way in. Your view on society is rather jaded as well, probably too influenced by the media and their far-left/far-right biases. In the US, society is definitely somewhere in the middle of "everyone" and "the 1%".


As someone that didn’t get in, you’re still elite if you are “super smart”.




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