Well, I might as well come out and say it - libertarian meritocracies are fun when you're a winner at being productive but it's not going to be long before we're all in the exact same position as hardline communist Starbucks baristas with liberal arts PhDs.

People tend to choose their beliefs based on what benefits them, and although I don't think dialectical materialism is true in its originally stated form, I do think a great deal of the dialogue we see is ultimately material.