Our rulers have managed to create hysteria time and time again: over communist spies stealing our atomic secrets
This guy wears his ignorance like a freaking Easter bonnet!
And the model for this is what exactly? What is the "ideal model" against which these things are to be judged?
The ideal of America is not to gain status or wealth but to enjoy the blessings of liberty. This means each man can decide for himself what he wants to achieve. To assume that every man must make it to the uppper tiers of society before he can be happy with his life is antithetical to the American theme.