What makes you think we live in a meritocracy? Wealth seems to be accumulating in the hands of already rich families that use that cash to provide their kids w

What makes you think we live in a meritocracy? Wealth seems to be accumulating in the hands of already rich families that use that cash to provide their kids with a decent education that includes secret-handshake-introduction to other moneyed oligarchs to further secure all their positions on top of the wealth-extraction pyramid. There's nothing meritocratic about it.