It seems perfectly meritocratic to me. I mean it’s consistent with how the word “meritocratic” is always used. I have never seen a system that was actually bas

It seems perfectly meritocratic to me. I mean it’s consistent with how the word “meritocratic” is always used. I have never seen a system that was actually based on skill or effort be described as meritocratic. Likewise I have never seen a system described as meritocratic that was actually based on skill or effort. The way meritocratic is usually used is to describe systems that could appear to be based on skill or effort at the surface, but is not actually if you look just a little deeper.