A Comic on Meritocracy
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Reading from a forum discussion, a user defines the requirements of a meritocratic capitalist society to be as follow:
- High median income ($35,000 or more)
- Comparatively small lower class
- Sizable middle class
- Sizable upper-middle class
- High demand for skilled labor
- Moderately high inequality (golden number is approximately 40%)
- Moderately high compensation for low-level labor, or "equality of opportunity" measures by the government
- Good quality education system
- Comparatively low taxes on the upper-middle class
An online dictionary defines meritocracy:
Meritocracy is a smokescreen for inequality:
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