Our high school ranked near the bottom of Ohio’s schools, but that had little to do with the staff and much to do with the students. - JD Vance

The wealthy and the powerful aren't just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.

Today people look at me, at my job and my Ivy League credentials, and assume that I’m some sort of genius, that only a truly extraordinary person could have made it to where I am today. With all due respect to those people, I think that theory is a load of bullshit.

Southern slave economy, sharecroppers after that, coal miners after that, and machinists and millworkers during more recent times.