Comment by kurthr

It seems like the real problem is: For people who go to Ivy League schools, most of them can only imagine rabidly pursuing the next rung on the career ladder

The key to me, is that they have a choice then and have choices later in life... you can learn to be not_rich=middle_class at a lot of different times in your life. Many of them will make you unhappy.

Perhaps it's a bit worse going to an Ivy League where everyone else is the same, but you could say that about staying in the same state, or joining the military (which has many different people, but an enforced culture).