Ben Stiller Asserts Hollywood Is Meritocratic, Rejects Claims Of Hollywood Nepotism In Twitter Debate With Black List Founder Franklin Leonard
Brandon Choe
July 31, 2021 2:43PM PDT
https://deadline.com/2021/07/nepotism-hollywood-ben-stiller-franklin-leonard-twitter-debate-1234807103/
meritocratic
mer·i·to·crat·ic
/ˌmerədəˈkradik/
adjective
relating to or characteristic of a society in which power is held by people selected according to merit.
"such privileges are breaches in the ideal of a meritocratic democracy"
nepotism
nep·o·tism
/ˈnepəˌtizəm/
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noun
the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
"he promised an end to corruption and nepotism"