"Egalitarian" and "HN" do not belong in the same sentence. Unless the sentence is "The zeitgeist of HN tends to a profound contempt for the ideas typically associated with egalitarian thinking".
We practice a strange perversion of meritocracy. Sure. But there are a number of egalitarian ideals we do subscribe to. We're really a culture built on self-enhancement. Unfair advantages take people out of a self-enhancing mode. They just start seeking advantages. We don't like that.