Exams promise fairness, but access shapes outcomes—Pakistan’s merit system reflects privilege more than pure ability or effort.
By Mahrukh Batool
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/06-Apr-2026/...
#Meritocracy #Pakistan #SocialInequality #EducationSystem #ClassDivide #PolicyDebate
Pakistan’s meritocracy rewards cultivated advantage, not just talent—turning privilege into “merit” while masking structural inequality.
By Mahrukh Batool
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Apr-2026/...
#Meritocracy #Pakistan #SocialInequality #EducationSystem #ClassDivide #PolicyDebate
A good read. I chaired a conference at which a keynote speaker said, 'The best advice I can give to someone starting out in life is to make sure you're born to someone rich.' Was true then and remains true today. #meritocracy #equity #lifechances
Post 3/3
Forget competing with MIT/Harvard UCs are losing their crown to other publics. In a decade, UT Austin, Georgia Tech, Purdue, and UIUC will be the new titans. They value raw merit while CA exports its future to Texas and the Midwest. #BrainDrain #STEM #Meritocracy #UCRents
The #VichyTimes deemed #NoKings newsworthy enough to put it above the fold but had to throw shade on it. Not surprising given that the publisher is a 5th generation owner who was handed the paper as a birthright while the managing editor was a Harvard legacy whose dad founded Staples.
#Meritocracy
My work focuses on storytelling at the intersection of law, culture, and social inequality, often incorporating narrative frameworks such as mock trials and documentary-style fiction.
#academicsky #japan
#meritocracy
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That’s all their version of #Meritocracy means.
#ThisIsWhiteNationalism
#RebrandedKKK
#Meritocracy has been fun to track.
But trump is white and therefore of merit. Thus, it's ok that he, who said he is of merit by virtue of his skin color, gave up $14BN in sanctions to a country he started (and lost and won and lost and won...) a war with.
#Meritocracy #WhitePriviledge #Resist ✊🏿
This is more than 1,000 words for sure!
Wow. What an image. Instantly iconic of the zeitgeist that is Spring 2026.
#AirICE
#Meritocracy
#IFoundSomeGovWaste
Diligence, Education, and Intelligence.
#Parody #dei #meritocracy #RulebyTechnicalExperts
Are they going to wear uniforms or will the fake fatigues just be what TSA agents wear now too?
#AirICE
#Meritocracy
#ICEMonsters take over the airport?
What could go wrong?
#Meritocracy is all this regime cares about, right? So I’m sure it will all work out just fine.
Bishop Talbert Swan: "300,000 educated, highly skilled, qualified, Black women have been fired from the federal government because… #DEI. A white man with a high school diploma & experience as a cattle rancher is going... to become the secretary of Homeland Security because… #meritocracy..."
“The fastest way to stall your career is to expose someone else’s incompetence.”
#InformationTechnology #SoftwareDevelopment #OfficePolitics #CorporateCulture #Meritocracy
tl;dw: Something of a rant about my frustration that the people who hope to be masters of the universe are less cultured and educated than your average C student at a prep school.
#Oligarchs #Mediocrity #Meritocracy #Privilege
youtube.com/watch?v=1-Rp...
Check out “The missing nexus: taking #meritocracy beliefs seriously in #climate justice research” by @tillhilmar.bsky.social
➡open access:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateJustice #Meritocracy #Sociology #Inequality #CIDAPE #ClimatePolicy
💯 But we got rid of DEI bc Republicans believe so strongly in #Meritocracy, right?
My dad knew him.
I don’t know how well.
The book in which he invented the term in the first place has been within reach for most of my life.
#Meritocracy
Only God’s chosen few should get boners. #Meritocracy.
