What is in a word? When it is packed with as much moral zeal as “meritocracy”, the answer is a lot. A meritocrat owes his success to effort and talent. Luck has nothing to do with it — or so he tells himself. He shares his view with everyone else, including those too slow or indolent to follow his example. Things only go wrong when the others dispute it.
一個詞里包含什么?如果這個詞充斥著和“精英統治”一樣多的道德熱情,答案是包含很多。一名精英會將自己的成功歸因于努力和天分。他的成功和運氣毫無關系——或者他是這樣告訴自己的。他與其他所有人分享他的觀點,包括那些太遲鈍或者太懶惰以至于無法效仿他的人。只是當其他人提出異議時,問題就出現了。
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