One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores, with not even a thought about the millions and millions of American workers that were left behind.
" My flower is ephemeral, " the little prince said to himself, " and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone! "
Those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind.