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“The French Revolution was dedicated to the principle of ‘a career open to talents’. The American Revolution advanced the idea that people should be allowed to pursue life, liberty and happiness without being held back by feudal restrictions. The Industrial Revolution unleashed animal spirits. The liberal revolution, which was headquartered in Britain but influential across middle-class Europe, introduced open competition into the heart of government administrations and educational systems.”
Adrian Wooldridge, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
“In meritocratic society, people are individuals before they are anything else: masters of their fates and captains of their souls.32”
Adrian Wooldridge, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
“The past four decades have seen one of the most depressing developments in the history of the meritocratic idea: the marriage between merit and money.”
Adrian Wooldridge, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
“The Communist Party also claims that it is trying to promote political meritocracy: that is, a political system that aims to select and promote leaders on the basis of talents rather than on the basis of how many votes they can muster in an election.”
Adrian Wooldridge, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
“Один зі способів зрозуміти нещодавню історію — уявити собі чергу по каву: уранці ви йдете до «Старбаксу», відчайдушно потребуючи чашки звичайної кави, перш ніж почнете класти цеглу, а тим часом молода особа в костюмі для йоги від Lulu Lemon влізає перед вами без черги і замовляє лате без піни зі знежиреним мигдалевим молоком — на двадцять осіб. Потім ця людина, яка влізла без черги, обертається до вас і починає читати вам лекцію про те, який ви сексист, агресивний «расист, котрому, перш ніж висловлюватися, варто згадати про свої привілеї.”
Adrian Wooldridge, The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World