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China purging officials who send their spouse and children to live abroad so Western gov can't use them as leverage (jamestown.org)
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[–] coolusername@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

i dont know anything about elites but that's definitely true for the children of rich ppl who aren't that great at studying but their families still want face

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

"My son went to Harvard", person ends up being dumb as shit but they dumped money into the uni.

As opposed to, my son went to meritocratic mid-rate local uni.

Yeah checks out.

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

Distancing from a capitalist country makes your own country more fair and meritocratic, huh - who woudda think it?

Everyone. Everyone.