# Is meritocracy overrated?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-meritocracy-overrated/817385 "2018-07-06T13:46:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-meritocracy-overrated/817385/152 "2020-09-10T19:18:03Z")

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> [@Kearsen1](#):
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> I don’t know who said that but I have said much the same to only get called racist as well as a host of other things for it.

[This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-trump-defectors-having-such-little-impact-on-the-polls-and-trumps-chances/920041/42) started on one topic by headed off in a tangent on another that turned out to be very insightful. Look for the poster **thickpancreas**.

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