I do agree with a lot of what you are saying but that seems more like the result of a lack of meritocracy and not an excess of it. In any case you are showing

I do agree with a lot of what you are saying but that seems more like the result of a lack of meritocracy and not an excess of it. In any case you are showing me why people high up don't want a meritocracy, because they have little or no merit and in a meritocracy they would lose.