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Prep School Privilege and Rich Kids Gone Wild
from Time To Retire · #116
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4 minTim and Ray discuss the culture of wealthy Northeastern prep schools, comparing absent-parent dynamics of rich and poor kids, and Tim laments that despite his proximity to money and grifters, actual rich people have never taken him under their wing.
- 6:54Camaraderie and friendship in boarding school culture is hard to explain to people who haven't experienced it.
- 7:27Northeastern prep school kids are insanely wealthy and politically connected—the children of what Bonfire of the Vanities called the masters of the universe.
- 8:12Rape culture may be changing, but local law enforcement often has financial ties to wealthy families that complicate accountability.
- 8:43Tim compares wealthy boarding school kids to at-risk poor kids: both have largely absent parents, but rich kids are insulated from consequences.
- 9:28Poor kids in inner cities join gangs; rich kids in prep schools are influenced by sociopaths running the school environment.
- 9:51When money removes real consequences, even wealthy people struggle to become functional independent adults.
Brett KavanaughNortheastern prep schoolsTom Wolfe