

Don’t be surprised, the PhD world is packed with privileged, egotistical assholes. The only reason schools are generally left is because facts are generally left, but the people able to qualify for and afford to attend top research schools to get doctorates are generally wealthy and in a cultural bubble.
I should know, I was maybe the only one in my graduating class to have attended public school (and definitely the only one who went to a community college).
Hold on, I gotta go, my goldfish is drowning.