tldr: The default state of the world is not to respect meritocracy, irrespective of government. Creating a true meritocracy requires first cancelling out the a

tldr: The default state of the world is not to respect meritocracy, irrespective of government. Creating a true meritocracy requires first cancelling out the anti-meritocratic inclinations of the Universe, with basic healthcare and disaster recovery and such. (There are also a bunch of collective action problems whose obvious answer is some form of the dread "collectivism").