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Biological Leninism
People who naturally float to the top of meritocracies don't try to protect the system. They have nothing compelling their loyalty to maintain the system, since they achieved greatness on their own and locking out the plebs would be nice.
The problem is As hire As and Bs hire Cs. Once one person gets in that doesn't belong there, they will scramble to cling to their position by producing loyal backers, people who wouldn't get there without being placed. This creates a race to the bottom.
They need to start categorizing people to identify those who will be loyal. Falguini Sheth calls it racialization. Eventually they start openingly selecting for groups they percieve to be worthless. When you see leftists yelling for representation, the groups that they champion are ones that they percieve to be fundamentally worthless, because it will instill loyalty.
I don't even necessarily agree about As. At many political places, and I say this having worked at what are some globally known banks and hedge funds, if you are an A, you hire Bs and Cs so they can't replace your level of production with cheaper people.
It's also about self-preservation.
That is late stage leninism. It's why Stalin had to go a purgin.
It's got nothing to do with Lenin; you see this kind of behavior throughout history across multiple locales (ancient China, Rome, the British Empire, etc.).
It has everything to do with human nature: if people who are zero-sum thinkers got in through the gates and are succeeding, close the doors behind them.