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"Michael Young described The Rise of the Meritocracy as satire meant as a warning and later objected to meritocracy’s positive political adoption."

Young's own 2001 essay says the 1958 book was a warning and records his disappointment that the term had entered approving political usage.

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Source title Down with meritocracy
Source authors Michael Young
Source year 2001
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