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Also consider that a pure intelligence-based meritocracy would be intensely dystopic. You would have a rigid hierarchy, with the added sting that those at the b

by jl6 4y ago

Also consider that a pure intelligence-based meritocracy would be intensely dystopic. You would have a rigid hierarchy, with the added sting that those at the bottom would deserve to be there and it would be morally righteous to keep them there.

082349872349872 4y ago
That's part (the first half-to-2/3?) of 1984. Winston Smith is in the outer party because he didn't do well enough on his A levels to do the oxbridge classics route for the inner party, so he becomes bitter and paranoid. full stop.