Maybe this is the case in the United States, and the United States is the only system you know in deep. But let me tell you, as much as this may seem likely, even obvious to you, this is not always the case.

I've seen and once has been part of plenty of leftist organizations where completely useless incompetente people reigned on the party/union/ngo organization as a way to keep their unearned privileges.

I'm a leftist and have little agreement with conservatives; however, I think that's actually kind of the opposite of what the article says.

At least as I read it, the whole point of the article is that despiration for career or social advancement comes BEFORE any ideology.

That's actually not that different than the way that leftists tend to view crime as, to a significant degree, a symptom of poverty and discrimination; as opposed to seeing certain people as inherently criminal.