Sonya P Ninova

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Lasch makes the broader point that the egalitarian character of American society in the nineteenth century was less about social mobility than about the general diffusion of intelligence and learning across all classes and vocations.106 This is the kind of equality that meritocratic sorting destroys.
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
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