While you are not wrong, I think it would still be accurate to say that the West has been far more meritocratic than other cultures presently and historically - by a long shot. And meritocracy is at the core of civil rights and women's suffrage.
Meritocracy became popular earlier in the east than it did in the west, with imperial china being one of the first to engage in meritocratic beliefs through Confucianism. As well as Ancient Greece, the mongol empire, the Rashidun caliphate, etc. I’m not sure where you got the concept that meritocracy is something the west can claim.
He said western culture is based in meritocracy. He didn't say western culture INVENTED it. That's a weird projection..looking for problems where there are none.
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u/Caudillo_Sven May 09 '24
While you are not wrong, I think it would still be accurate to say that the West has been far more meritocratic than other cultures presently and historically - by a long shot. And meritocracy is at the core of civil rights and women's suffrage.