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Liberals are quick to decry legacy admissions to universities (where the children of alumni â€" usually big-time donor alumni â€" are granted admission), silver-spoon heirs who take over their fathers’ companies, nepotism in the workplace â€" all on the grounds that what should matter most in all of these scenarios is merit, not connections, family trees and contributions to university coffers. Underlying all of this is the assumption that, were it not for these crucial connections, the people who benefit from them would never otherwise have been considered. In other words, liberals stereotype all such beneficiaries as unqualified but for daddy’s grace.

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