I'm not sure what the point of the poster is, simply pointing to a wikipedia page. I could make a wikipedia page titled 'myth of democracy' in which I state 'i

I'm not sure what the point of the poster is, simply pointing to a wikipedia page. I could make a wikipedia page titled 'myth of democracy' in which I state 'it is argued by some people that democracy is a myth'. Then I could post it here and see what happens. That said, meritocracy is definitely not a myth. People encourage their kids to study well for good reasons: make sure they can later contribute to society and hopefully reap the fruits. This is how the (be it imperfect) system works.