hmm... the problem is meritocracies is way to skewed towards capitalism (eg. capitalism doesn't value or give much merit to nurturing, mentoring, parenthood, even lower level teaching, all sorts of volunteering - the people who actually give shit and wipe shit and clean vomit in a orphanage/disable/underfundedage home, the guy who holds the lolly pop sign so kids don't get run over, the grandma who gives her time to encourage remote teaching online, etc), nothing wrong with either if they are part of a pie...but the whole pie, noi bueno

.... also too bad the creative don't support the supporters back, oh well, I suppose popularity is itself a kind of capitalism once it's monetized