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Princeton telling people they can’t get ahead on merit is …

I don’t even know the word for it.

Princeton telling people

"This article was originally published at Aeon and has been republished under Creative Commons."

they can’t get ahead on merit

"This is not to deny the industry and talent of successful people. However, it does demonstrate that the link between merit and outcome is tenuous and indirect at best."

Princeton telling people they can’t get ahead on merit is …
I don’t even know the word for it.

You're suffering from a cognitive malfunction: you seem to think that "Princeton" is waving its finger from a lectern, when it is in fact not making a statement at all. You're just reading an article in some kind of publication published by Princeton University Press.

If you went to Princeton you might. We can start with oligarchic.

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