The meritocratic hubris of successful people constitutes a distinct and toxically polarizing divide: winners of globalization not only claimed their wealth but also claimed that their success was their own doing and the measure of their merit, creating resentment distinct from (though related to) wealth inequality—this meritocratic divide between winners and losers is what poisons politics.
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Michael SandelEvidence Quote
“the market driven version of hyper globalization deepened The Divide between rich and poor but the meritocratic hubris of the successful during that same period is what created the Divide between winners and losers that's the Divide that's toxic to our politics”
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