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Re:How to prevent a meritocracy entrenching itself by Evbn on Saturday February 09, 2013 @11:00AM (#5192863)
If working at a big company gives a low level employee an upper middle class lifestyle, who needs advancement? That is extremely advanced (95%) compared to the developed world as a whole.
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Re:How to prevent a meritocracy entrenching itself by eropple on Saturday February 09, 2013 @03:31PM (#5193891)
Advancement and improvement over time are, for many (I might say most), fairly major parts of what Maslow would call self-actualization--the drive to improve and better oneself.

So, "most people"?

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