Reminds me of this article from the boing boing archives: http://boingboing.net/2012/06/13/meritocracies-become-oligarchi.html
" Those who are able to climb up the ladder will find ways to pull it up after them, or to selectively lower it down to allow their friends, allies and kin to scramble up"
Damn my parents for being poor, if only my daddy was a billionaire
