Equally, I observe that you are delusional.
I would also observe that 'meritocracy' is a term that was never intended to describe something desirable. The word itself was coined to describe a problem.
It may have been invented to describe something undesirable, but In this case, I'd say you are wrong. Trumps followers appear to desire to bring about a meritocracy under some form of benevolent social darwinism to end the abuse and overreach of social safety nets which has been in danger of collapsing our very socio-economic system for the last 2 decades.
At the lowest common denominator, a meritocracy is a benevolent economic system in which there is healthy competition for everything. It is the only economic philosophy which keeps all the members of society engaged and competing and producing, and discourages those whom would be a net negative (economical leaches) from doing so.
Unless you view employment a slavery... which i don't... its something every person should aspire to do in order to contribute to society in a meaningful way.
So you’ve worked 2/3/4 jobs to earn your way out of poverty? Why was that necessary in your case?
My father had a salary of 18,000 per year. My mother worked a minimum wage job at a local bank.
They could not afford to buy me or my brother a car or pay for college...so, i lived at home and worked 2 jobs for several years until i was able to financially stable . i had to pay my own car, college tuition, room and board.