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Meritocracy
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Meritocracy is a system in which position is assigned purely by ability and effort — an ideal type no society has achieved, used as a standard for comparison.
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A hiring process open to all still selects from applicants whose preparation differed for twenty years.
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Treating an existing hierarchy as already meritocratic converts the ideal into a justification.