The crafters of the Narrative are not unaware, however, that to large portions of the American population, this part of the message rings hollow. Top slots in modern America may theoretically be open to all, but somehow most of them keep ending up in the hands of the same types of people—basically the sons and daughters of the current ruling class, plus a few well-chosen and obedient outsiders plucked from poverty and obscurity to demonstrate the rulers’ “fairness,” “openness,” and “commitment to diversity.”
