One can argue that this argument is actually what the Soviet Union actually did always. It worked, at least at first. They beat the US to orbit on the back of

One can argue that this argument is actually what the Soviet Union actually did always. It worked, at least at first. They beat the US to orbit on the back of that despite the US technically having better people. Eventually the US got the game plan in order and got to the moon first but since then the exact argument that the article makes happened. The people in the classroom became the people with the best connections rather than the best abilities.