lalaria t1_itgl9oz wrote on October 23, 2022 at 2:28 PM

Reply to comment by ThrowMeAway_DaddyPls in [OC] Chances to attend a "Grande Ecole (Top university) in France. If you want to attend "ENA", the best university in France, you have 330x chances if your father graduated from there. by pacmanpill

I think the ENA is a blessing for France. Look at other governments and see how nepotism places people completely unprepared in government jobs solely because they're part of the ruling party. The ENA leads to technocracy, and elitism, but I believe it's much better than unprepared people.

Prae_ t1_iti0x27 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 8:10 PM

I mean, the data presented here suggests that ENA is basically nepotism with extra steps.

Although the extra steps are possibly of importance. ENA entrance exam is reputed to be extremely hard regardless of cooptation, at least being born from a diplomat is not enough.

Namas31 t1_ithcn9a wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:37 PM

Absolutely, I don't think there was anything wrong with it. I guess it was shut down because it was politically toxic.

ThrowMeAway_DaddyPls t1_itj0hpy wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:13 AM

Well I suppose, because of my political alignment and tendency to criticize things within their context, as good as the ENA has been for France in the ways you describe, it also contributes to reinforcing social reproduction in France.