In his book Meritocratic Education and Social Worthlessness (Palgrave, 2012), the philosopher Khen Lampert argued that educational meritocracy is nothing but a post-modern version of social Darwinism.
I bogen Meritokratisk Uddannelse og Social værdiløshed (Palgrave, 2012) hævder filosoffen Khen Lampert at uddannelses-meritokrati blot er en postmoderne version af socialdarwinisme.