"In Deneen's usage, merit means a specific set of skills useful to the elites or necessary to gain and maintain elite status. Character takes into account all the good and bad and interesting and dull in a person."
"One of the intended consequences of a social order that would generate unceasing change and even a constant 'state of emergency' is the strong tendency to transfer political decision-making from those best placed to exercise political wisdom in conditions of relative stability."
Deneen identifies liberalism as the root of societal issues, including climate change and racism, rather than capitalism itself. His interpretation of meritocracy is criticized for misrepresenting Martin Luther King's vision of integration. The author highlights Deneen's misleading language and complex sentence structures, which obscure his arguments. The critique emphasizes the importance of understanding the distinction between merit as defined by elites and the broader concept of character that encompasses all aspects of a person. Deneen's approach is seen as a distortion of King's message.
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