"Wolf K" wrote

| Interesting stuff. I wasn't aware of this "meritocracy"
| buzzword.
| [...]
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ri...he_Meritocracy
|

Yes, but notice that's just a single usage that
was satirical. The anti-m people have imported
the negative connotation to attach to the real
meaning of merit.