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.
一个词里包含什么？如果这个词充斥着和“精英统治”一样多的道德热情，答案是包含很多。一名精英会将自己的成功归因于努力和天分。他的成功和运气毫无关系——或者他是这样告诉自己的。他与其他所有人分享他的观点，包括那些太迟钝或者太懒惰以至于无法效仿他的人。只是当其他人提出异议时，问题就出现了。
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