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    It is not the case that FEO already contains sufficient action-guidance through its core requirement that social positions be open to all with equal native talent and motivation.

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    • 1.FEO ignores how pre-existing inequality in resources, networks, and cultural capital shapes 'motivation' and measured talent.
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    • 2.Without guidance on redistributive mechanisms, FEO permits vast wealth concentration that erodes meaningful equal opportunity.
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    • 3.Identifying native talent requires objective metrics that may themselves encode unstated values and disadvantage non-dominant groups.
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    • 1.Equal opportunity meritocracy provides clear, actionable guidance: remove barriers and allocate positions by talent/motivation.
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    • 2.This standard avoids paternalism by respecting individuals' autonomous choices about effort and career paths.
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    • 3.Empirically, societies reducing formal obstacles to entry have seen improved economic dynamism and social mobility.
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