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The college admissions bribery scandal is so perfectly suited to @CaitlinPacific that you can't help but wonder if she was in on the conspiracy all along, to give her the chance to deliver a piece this gloriously lacerating. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
These lines are so key: "Much of the discussion of this scandal has centered on the corruption in the college-admissions process. But think about the kinds of jobs that the indicted parents held. Four of them worked in private equity, a fifth in the field of 'investments'..." 1/2
"...others in real-estate development and the most senior management of huge corporations. Together, they have handled billions of dollars’ worth of assets within heavily regulated fields—yet look how easily and how eagerly they allegedly embrace a crooked scheme." 2/2
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