[gc22browsing]

Any system of meritocracy based on educational attainments is tainted by the fact that only the wealthy can afford sufficiently high level of education to pass the tests for meritocracy. Perhaps a function might to weed out those who have been afforded the education and have failed the tests.

In China, there are people who sit tests on behalf of wealthy, yet intellectually less accomplished young adults. So how does that truly test for merit. As with all incentive schemes, there are those who game those systems.

[euroderf]

And to aggravate this tilt towards the monied, nowadays many big-city internships do not pay a living wage, or do not pay a wage at all, restricting these opportunities to the children of the monied.