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That's how every developed country functions: they have evolved a small number of elite schools from whence they pick their governing elite. It happens in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, etc.

It's not deliberate. It's a natural evolution that springs from a very understandable human desire to cut through the noise and streamline the job application process.

Or you can do what China started two thousand years ago and have the civil service exams. They lasted until the turn of the 20th century. People studied for years. 1% made the cut. 
Now India has a similar system.

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This was my point above about accepting the class system. You can try to take money out of it, but you won't fully succeed. Ex: if you have civil service exams, the UMC will have the most resources to study for them (and the UC will find some way to circumvent them).[/quote]

Exactly.

There are no reasonable performance measures that can’t be significantly improved by targeted coaching which is most readily accessible to those with parental resources.  Once in a blue moon you might get the rare raw genius, but almost always performance reflects the investment.  [/quote]

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