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by cmcmcmcm 1791 days ago
Where does this end? What if someone is born with good looks and thin genes and becomes a supermodel, or someone that has genes that makes then 7 feet tall and becomes a successful basketball player? Is that less meritocratic because of god-given talents? What about people that are naturally good at math and have an economic advantage as a result? If you keep moving the line further and further over, eventually you will hit communism.