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[ahomescu1]

> A few of us would be fantastically wealthy and powerful, but even they would be limited by living in a violent world populated by uneducated and over-exploited masses incapable of doing things like getting an education and finding their own passions that lead to innovation, invention, and creativity.

I'd like to point out that Harvard University precedes the United States by 140 years (1636 -> 1776), and the government before 1776 wasn't exactly "for the people".

[kiiski → ahomescu1]

What kind of students did Harvard have back then? Was it mainly rich upper class people, or people from "the people" too?

[ahomescu1 → kiiski]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University, about Harvard (known then as New College):

Although never formally affiliated with any denomination, the early College primarily trained Congregation­alist and Unitarian clergy.

Also notable is this list (note how many Ivies have been around since then): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colonial_Colleges