I wonder what’s next, selling officer commissions like they used to do in Britain?
Why does the US, the country that basically springboarded the concept of meritocratic government, have in the 21st century, a diplomatic corps system whereby the ambassador is someone who basically bribed his way into the post, rather than a professional career diplomat who has worked their way through the ranks? It does actually make about as much sense as the old British system of officers purchasing commisions, but Britain ditched this system of patronage, both in the army and the civil service by the 1870s...