Who would not wish to live in a meritocracy? It is certainly preferable to a plutocracy, in which wealth determines status, or a gerontocracy, in which age leads one to the top, or even an aristocracy, in which what counts are inherited titles and properties.
谁不希望实行精英统治？这肯定好过富豪统治中的财富决定地位，也强过老人政治中的年龄决定尊卑。甚至连贵族政治都难望其项背，因为决定贵族地位的不过是与生俱来的头衔和财产。