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Is it that Japan doesn't have people born into obscene wealth or is it that, being english speakers, we just don't hear about them?
Also, maybe we should be careful about increasing the mass of the planet. I'm sure a little here and there wouldn't be too much of a problem... but you know... the same is true of combustion engines...
Lol. No Japan has an enormous inheritance tax and cap that prevents it all together. It was intentionally created to stop the suicide of any society that lacks meritocracy.
Resource scarcity is behind every injustice on the planet. Stopping the scarcity problem brings everyone up to a higher standard.
I mean, sure, an inheritance tax curtails the most egregious aspect of an informal aristocracy. But it's a pernicious thing. Creeps in. Who your parents know, the school you go to, the district you grew up in, the jobs available after you graduate. I'm pretty damn skeptical of any claim to true meritocracy.
It is every military. That is what makes a good military; meritocracy above all else. The success many countries experienced after total war was due to weeding out those that lack merits. Nepotism is the same problem. It is fine for the lowers castes of society, but it is cancer for the rest. It stops the flow of money effectively pulling it from circulation and bringing everyone down.