So: the word "meritocracy" was coined by an English baron who phoned Oxford to get his wastrel failson admitted despite having poor grades.https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/999349306460123143 …
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Yeah, Michael Young's engagement with his coinage is complex. But story of TY is yet another reason not to take word meritocracy literally, as so many do.
10:18 PM - 23 May 2018
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