If you agree that meritocracy is hogwash, then what do you propose in its stead? If we know that "meritocracy" as commonly practiced produces results that are not actually representative of the population, then should we not correct for that, at least until we are able to refine our practice of meritocracy such that it does not introduce this error?
> In stoking ethnic conflicts and the deteriorating situation in the US is certainly partially caused by an insistence of said discrimination where undereducated people making decisions that are quite unwise.
Can you clarify, please? It seems like you're making vague allusions here to things "everyone knows" but I can't quite parse your intentions. Can you give an explicit example of what you are talking about?