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A student says the intuitive opposite of meritocracy is nepotism, favoritism, or birthright rule.
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Birthright
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...like nepotism or favoritism or uh you know like you know birthright and that stuff okay so so yeah you're right okay so one"
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A student argues that meritocracy differs from aristocracy because it officially values education, talent, critical thinking, and problem-solving rather than birth alone.
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Jiang says his 2012 Technion-linked Israel visit was emotionally powerful and that Israeli tour guides and institutions have a strong capacity for propaganda and narrative.
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"...like nepotism or favoritism or uh you know like you know birthright and that stuff okay so so yeah you're right okay so one"
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"...skills rather than like who your family is and what your birthright is is that really true yes so I think meritocracy"
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"Right. Yeah, so I've been on the birthright trip. So I'm not Jewish, as you can tell. But I've been on the birthright trip...."
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"And, I mean. And the tour guide, I mean, she brought us to tears. I mean, she was so, she was American. But, I..."
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"...this is all just silly conspiracy. So I've been on the birthright trip. So I'm not Jewish, as you can tell, but I've been..."
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"...based it's it's the real bar mitzvah frankly is is the birthright trip when you're 16 or 17. i didn't go on a separate..."
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"...they were 16 or 17 years old, which is not quite birthright. You have a birthright to go until you're 26, according to Sheldon..."
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"...so you when you went to israel and you did the birthright stuff i think this is a perfect example i'm assuming they took..."
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"...the up in the mountains that um uh you climb every birthright trip goes there basically and you guys went there as well you..."
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"...used to the unipolar world. They think that it is their birthright to have the unipolar world. And so they cannot possibly accept America..."
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"...steals from esso okay they trick isaac and they steal the birthright from esso so"
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"...the younger son of Isaac so Esau should have inherited the birthright and the blessing from his father Isaac. But Jacob played a trick..."
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