On the contrary, the only way to be successful while not putting in a lot of hard work, is to start off from a very fortunate place.
The idea is that we want the system to be more meritocratic, and that a good place to start is to acknowledge that it's currently not as meritocratic as we tend to think. That's what the "meritocratic trap" is: thinking we have meritocracy when we don't.
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On the contrary, the only way to be successful while not putting in a lot of hard work, is to start off from a very fortunate place.
The idea is that we want the system to be more meritocratic, and that a good place to start is to acknowledge that it's currently not as meritocratic as we tend to think. That's what the "meritocratic trap" is: thinking we have meritocracy when we don't.