Trump and Kavanaugh claim we live in a meritocracy. Don’t believe a word of it | Arwa Mahdawi

The president and his supreme court nominee have been claiming they rose to the top all on their own. Sadly, stretching the truth is not confined to them

If you are very clever and work very hard, you can achieve anything. We know this because successful people are always telling us so. They got where they are because of their work ethic: rich parents, the right connections and random chance had little to do with it.

See, as exhibit one, man of the moment Brett Kavanaugh. You know, the judge who really likes beer and seems to hate women having autonomy over their reproductive systems. When Kavanaugh appeared before a committee to defend himself against accusations of sexual assault, in between sniffles he argued that he has earned everything he has achieved, including his undergraduate place at Yale University. “I have no connections there,” he said. “I got there by busting my tail.”

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Trump and Kavanaugh claim we live in a meritocracy. Don’t believe a word of it | Arwa Mahdawi Trump and Kavanaugh claim we live in a meritocracy. Don’t believe a word of it | Arwa Mahdawi Reviewed by The News on Donal Trump on October 05, 2018 Rating: 5

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