“There is no justice in a meritocracy: The talented and the beautiful are rewarded disproportionately. And even the wicked get worse than they deserve.”— Elizabeth Wurtzel, amazon.com
“The logic of the meritocracy is leading us to ruin, because we are collectively primed to ignore the voices of the millions getting pushed into economic distress by the grinding wheels of automation and innovation. We figure they’re complaining or suffering because they’re losers.”— Andrew Yang, amazon.com
“For things are in a bad way, when that which should be obtained by merit is attempted by money.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu