"We aspire to the idea that a human being can demonstrate competence and earn respect and leadership and authority based on what you do and how you do it."
Video was posted on Nov 8 2018. I think everyone can draw their own conclusions.
Just because people call things that aren't a meritocracy a meritocracy does not mean that's what it means. It's like saying we don't want to say "democracy" anymore because China (PRC) calls itself a democracy and they actually aren't. Or if we turn the whole thing around, saying that "feminism" is offensive because TERFs use the term too.
Like, are there actually people who actually think like that? How do they communicate??
The meaning of words is constantly perverted