> The west, capitalism and meritocracy are not beyond criticism. This is a really good example of motte-and-bailey argumentation. The motte (minimalist positi

> The west, capitalism and meritocracy are not beyond criticism. This is a really good example of motte-and-bailey argumentation. The motte (minimalist position that is uncontroversial and easy to defend) is that the west, capitalism and meritocracy are not beyond criticism. 99.9% of people beleive this. The bailey (much more controversial position, that is hard to defend but stakes out more territory), is something like this: the west, capitalism and meritocracy are evil and must be destroyed.