He means you can't turn into a billionaire without paying into society so obviously no meritocracy. /s I don't actually want to put words into the other poster

He means you can't turn into a billionaire without paying into society so obviously no meritocracy. /s I don't actually want to put words into the other posters mouth. There is, however, a sizeable number of people in America who act like the only the that matters is the rules around getting rich and that having social services that allow anyone to take a gamble on entrepreneurship don't count as helping a meritocracy get in place