{"id":13576,"date":"2018-02-28T19:14:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=13576"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:14:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:14:45","slug":"meritocracy-vs-egalitarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=13576","title":{"rendered":"Meritocracy vs Egalitarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ember19412\" class=\"feed-shared-update__description feed-shared-inline-show-more-text feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--expanded ember-view\">\n<p id=\"ember19413\" class=\"Sans-15px-black-70% feed-shared-main-content ember-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"ember19415\" class=\"ember-view\">&#8220;Is Britain a meritocracy: everyone with skill and imagination may aspire to reach the highest level?&#8221; Or after years of complacency are we drifting into mediocracy&#8230; putting our global competitiveness at risk? In a mediocracy, real cultural progress is impossible because it requires conditions that are incompatible with a commitment to egalitarianism. There is no room for genuine cultural innovators, because one cannot permit any individual to think they are special. 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