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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 21 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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 25 points 17 hours 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 13 points 17 hours ago

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

Everyone. Everyone.