What is Meritocracy?

"Meritocracy describes a society whereby jobs and pay are allocated based on an individual’s talent and achievements rather than social status"
https://www.tutor2u.net/sociology/topics/meritocracy

"Meritocracy is a social system in which success and status in life depend primarily on individual talents, abilities, and effort. It is a social system in which people advance on the basis of their merits."
https://www.thoughtco.com/meritocracy-definition-3026409

"Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is a political system in which economic goods and/or political power are vested in individual people on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy

"Meritocracy can refer to an idealised society where discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, gender, age, and other irrelevant characteristics is completely absent. Merit is the encompassing value, the basic and morally correct criterion for any and all social classifications, particularly in respect to socioeconomic standing and in public space."
https://www.ukessays.com/essays/society/what-is-meritocracy.php

"A government or society in which citizens who display superior achievement are rewarded with positions of leadership. In a meritocracy, all citizens have the opportunity to be recognized and advanced in proportion to their abilities and accomplishments"
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/meritocracy

"She states that Edmund's original idea was to establish Permanent Peace and Prosperity as well as a global meritocratic planning agency."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mysterious-author-pens-report-barclays-banker-edmund-dunne-chadwick

"While it may sound like a good idea to envision the future planning agency on meritocratic principles, the twin issues of privilege and elitism MUST be acknowledged as major stumbling blocks in meritocracy."

"The future planning agency of the WDS MUST look into the negatives of meritocracy, especially from the ground level in Singapore, and come up with game plans to effectively tackle these issues."
https://benjaminfulford.net/2018/10/06/warning-from-singapore-about-negatives-of-meritocracy/

"Pope Francis has been relieved of power as a part of a deal being negotiated between the Gnostic Illuminati and the 13 ruling bloodlines, say two sources, one a European royal, the other a Pentagon boss. The two Western power centers, one based on meritocracy, the other on historical rule, have agreed to a jubilee and a massive campaign to “save the planet,” the sources say."
https://stillnessinthestorm.com/2019/03/benjamin-fulford-march-11th-2019-pope-francis-fired-as-13-bloodlines-gnostic-illuminati-negotiate-end-of-western-civil-war/

"We look forward to the dawn of a meritocratic future - something the world has never witnessed in its entire troubled history"
https://meritocracy.ucoz.org/index/the_new_world_order/0-63

What would a true meritocracy look like?
https://benjaminfulford.net/2018/02/09/true-meritocracy-look-like/