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Don't Eat the Rich

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The habits of the elite are changing from loud luxury to quiet luxury, luxury goods to luxury beliefs, finance guys to tech bros. Nepo babies used to strive for Harvard’s Z-list, now they dream of dropping out of Stanford. Our alma mater is situated in the epitome of the modern elite: Palo Alto has always been a town of quiet luxury, with its adjacent Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli in the Stanford Shopping Mall, TheRealReal store that only sells Birkins on University Avenue, and the seemingly nondescript houses and cars that only millionaires can afford. Gen-Z loves to “eat the rich”—a phrase rejuvenated by a recent TikTok trend, where people are shamed for being able to afford Spotify premium. Stanford students are no exception, but they forget that the rich are the ones who built their university (estimated cost: $478M in today’s money), pay their financial aid bill, and create their future jobs. The same students who are vocal about such things are the very ones who want to make

Table of Contents The habits of the elite are changing from loud luxury to quiet luxury, luxury goods to luxury beliefs , finance guys to tech bros . Nepo babies used to strive for Harvard’s Z-list , now they dream of dropping out of Stanford. Our alma mater is situated in the epitome of the modern elite: Palo Alto has always been a town of quiet luxury, with its adjacent Loro Piana and Brunello Cucinelli in the Stanford Shopping Mall, TheRealReal store that only sells Birkins on University Avenue, and the seemingly nondescript houses and cars that only millionaires can afford. Gen-Z loves to

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