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by pickingdinner 1065 days ago
Yes, superior rank and superior skill are completely separate. There is zero need to confuse the two.

In a meritocracy, you may expect the superior rank to be given to those with superior skill, but the skill isn't what gives them the power once they have the rank, and it's the skill to get the rank that gets the rank, not the skill of your job.