>In the latter case the standard could still be meritocratic. This is a logical escape hatch of meritocracy because you can push money into services towards tr

>In the latter case the standard could still be meritocratic. This is a logical escape hatch of meritocracy because you can push money into services towards training the child, but the source of that money isn't self-owned by the child. It's essentially meritocracy alchemy where money=merits, but that undermines the idea of meritocracy in the first place.