Why are all members of skull and bones secret society people of power?

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Check this link,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Skull_and_Bon...

The List Contains:

George W. Bush

Prescott Bush

George H. W. Bush

William Howard Taft (27th President Of USA)

John Kerry

Jonathan James Bush

George Herbert Walker, Jr.

Henry L. Stimson

James Emanuel Boasberg (1985), judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Edward S. Lampert (1984), founder of ESL Investments; chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation

Robert William Kagan (1980), co-founder of the Project for the New American Century

Christopher Taylor Buckley (1975), author, editor, chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush

Austan Goolsbee (1991), staff director to and chief economist of President Barack Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Douglas Preston Woodlock (1969), US federal judge

Frederick Wallace Smith (1966), founder of FedEx

David L. Boren (1963), Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator, President of the University of Oklahoma

Stephen Allen Schwarzman (1969), co-founder of The Blackstone Group

David L. Boren (1963), Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator, President of the University of Oklahoma

WTF???????

Answer 1

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First of all, your list covers several decades. There were obviously a lot more members than this, and I doubt all became "people of power".

Second, to get into Yale requires high standards and money. Thus, most were not starting from scratch, but already had powerful friends and relatives.

You had to be recommended to get into the club. This too, filtered the membership to the rich and powerful.

Answer 2

1. Smart people flock together

2. As members of the same frat they assist each other in life.