Meritocracy’s Ceiling for Real Power

In our last video, we talked about how Vivek Ramaswamy's success is held up as proof meritocracy

works. But here's what they don't tell you. The system that

made him rich won't let him lead. Remember: Yale and Harvard. Biotech millionaire.

The perfect American success story. So he ran for president. He had the money. The credentials.

The name recognition. He said everything the base wanted to hear. Attacked the right

enemies. Performed loyalty at every turn. And he lost. Badly.

Not because he didn't try hard enough. Because there's a ceiling—and he hit it.

His polling never broke through. Even among voters who agreed with him,