'We have created a society in which all that matters is “credentialism”: the desperate and toxic competition to secure the most elite education possible, and the income and status it later brings to the lucky few.'
When Tony Blair declared himself a “meritocrat”, the man who coined that term became so frustrated he was moved to put pen to paper to denounce Britain’s then prime minister. For Michael Young – academic, politician and author of The Rise of the Meritocracy – had always warned that a meritocratic society would be miserable: shorn of solidarity, responsibility and dignity for millions. Blair was too busy “modernising” the country to heed Young’s argument.
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