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"What we have is a <i>status</i> economy"

Which actually sounds rather like the original definition of "meritocracy":

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/29/comment



How can a system dominated by posers be called a "meritocracy"? I am sure it looks superficially the same, but in essence is the exact opposite.




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