Assumes, that the mere accumulation of power itself is not meritocratic. Yet it is. Assumes that the skill in accumulating power is not the primary skill required for the obtainment of power. Power requires talent. The question is, given that humans can accumulate power by different means, what is it that we wish to achieve with the power once an individual possesses it, despite how he came into it.
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