> The problem is that people then fail to realize that B is also false. Indeed. Interestingly, the term meritocracy also had a negative meaning when it was coi

> The problem is that people then fail to realize that B is also false. Indeed. Interestingly, the term meritocracy also had a negative meaning when it was coined in the 1950s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology That meritocracy is interpreted in a positive way is a relativly recent phenomenon.