There is no such thing as a meritocracy.

M — Meritocracy (as opposed to the nepotism often seen in South Africa, from politics to business); Jobs, and perhaps most of all political power, should be given to the best people. As former leader of China Xiaoping once said; “It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or a cat is white, if the cat catches mice it is a good cat”
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Tessa Schlesinger
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Mar 6, 2022
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There is no such thing as a meritocracy. I have spent enough time in too many countries to have any delusions about that.
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