Agreed and overall the article is very good. It is worth emphasising though that it is unfair and that environment plays a huge role in many people's success. A

Agreed and overall the article is very good. It is worth emphasising though that it is unfair and that environment plays a huge role in many people's success. At least some of the aristocrats knew that they were lucky and as a result had some kind of noblesse oblige. Some people at the top of the meritocracy think that because they got there on merit then they deserve as much as they can get.