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>Meritocracy might be great for the high achievers, but it's bad for multicultural societies where some cultures are significantly more conscientious and dutiful than others, or simply have different values.

>It inevitably leads to the one or two cultures dominating positions of leadership in government, commerce, etc, inevitably breeding resentment and racism.

By that logic, the alternative is you get more people in government, commerce etc. who are significantly less conscientious and dutiful? That doesn't exactly sound like a great thing for society.

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> significantly less conscientious and dutiful?

Not significantly so, no. These are still cream of the crop within their group.

> That doesn't exactly sound like a great thing for society.

It's not ideal, but far better than the alternative.