Gary Horton | Two Americas, Two Futures
We already know about the vast and growing wealth inequality in the United States. A relatively small number of people control a disproportionate share of assets and influence, and for a long time we’ve tended to think of that as something that shifts over time, that opportunity eventually rebalances. The American way.
But we may be watching the early stages of something different.
Not just more wealth at the top, but the quiet construction of an entirely separate tier of opportunity, built on a new level of educational investment, designed for a very small group of families, creating a generational moat that protects and separates the offspring of the super rich from the rest of America.
Think of a new, permanent class operating above the traditional American structure, one that sits far above the rest of us.
In Florida, where a wave of tax-driven wealth has moved in quickly, even the most established private schools have run into their limits. There aren’t enough seats. For most people, that would be the end of the story.
For this group, it’s where the story begins.
They aren’t waiting for space to open up or competing for access to what already exists. They’re building something new: schools with levels of funding, technology, and customization that go well beyond traditional private education, something closer to a fully engineered environment for developing advantage, funded like a tech startup and designed to deliver every possible edge.
It’s no longer........
