&gt; &quot;It&#x27;s indeed a much more complex idea than most people shouting &quot;meritocracy&quot; around entertain, but it&#x27;s a meaningless idea.&quot;<p>I agree, it&#x27;s meaningless to follow a meritocracy if we can&#x27;t explain what we mean by merit (even if it&#x27;s different in every case, we should still be able to define it in a specific case).