Where are their imbecilic calls for "meritocracy" now? All they've ever wanted is a world where they can be comfortably white and mediocre.

Brains are brains. This government cares more about controlling our bodies than understanding how to leverage our collective brains, in the spirit of improving humanity.

This.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion, increase the size of the candidate pool. The very definition of meritocracy.

Who is against meritocracy?
Unqualified, racist misogynists, that's who.