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Can't pass or are unwilling to pass?



On the one hand, passing it would get them a good grade 7 test score.

On the other hand, not passing it lets them keep their job.

This seems like an easy decision, especially for someone smart enough to finish a degree at Harvard. /S


So we are saying that Harvard and Yale are overrepresented when it comes to leaders of superlative moral depravity, perfidy, and mendacity?


No, I'm saying that our process[1] for choosing representatives selects for people that aren't suitable to lead.

[1] Many other processes share this problem, to varying degrees.


I can agree with that take. "The processes" ideally would filter the less suitable to more marginal positions of influence.




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