[k__]

I don't really think this is the problem here.

Sure, you shouldn't give any idiot a degree without doing something for it and yes, you shouldn't make it harder for intelligent people to get degrees, just because their parents are poor or something.

But if you have low conscientiousness and low IQ, that was also given to you without asking. It's playing on the same level as poor parents.

With your proposed change (which is already done in countries like Germany, we have almost free healthcare and education) you still have 50% of the population that has a IQ below 100.

[AstralStorm]

This is only bad because of what, job market preferring to hire geniuses if not at least above average people making 50% of population or so unviable? In addition setting relatively insane filters on the other half limiting them too.

Often for quite dumb jobs too.

Sounds like a systemic problem.

[k__]

Why would the military filter if below average people could do meaningful work today?

Okay they don't filter 50%, only 15% but that's still many people