I'm sorry for making a relatively snarky reply to your (genuine, and partially fair) criticism, but "trust only the qualified" is a particularly noxious part of

I'm sorry for making a relatively snarky reply to your (genuine, and partially fair) criticism, but "trust only the qualified" is a particularly noxious part of French culture which is, like graphology as an important criteria for hiring decisions, thankfully slowly disappearing outside the civil service and CAC 40...