Focusing on elite corruption and abuse (alumni preferences, donations, fraud) as the primary problem with inequality allows the system to remain unchanged by removing the 'rotten apples', when in fact removing all these abuses would leave the system 90-80% as unequal as it currently is because the real problem is structural
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Daniel MarowitzEvidence Quote
“if the real problem is structural actually focusing on the corruption is a way that the system doesn't get challenged because It's relatively easy to say let's get the rotten apples”
Source
Meritocracy, economic turmoil, and the broken promises of the West | Daniel Markovits FULL INTERVIEW— The Institute of Art and IdeasCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:29:15 AM
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