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Hello Curie team! I'm simply a steemit newbie, looking for contests around, when finally found Yours.

Beyond the contest, I find the cause very interesting, The meritocratic term, in my mind explains exactly that state, the thought of a value that has not reached the worthy attention. But that deserved it.
Concept on which we could, and we should debate more in our life :-)

However the concept of meritocracy, is based in my humble opinion, on a judgment of fact, and this implies as many people as possible.
From this concept I preferred to put stylized people, in a circle to recall the concept of community. In the next eleaboration I have inserted the symbol of the upvote, as an element of common validation. Finally I opted for the red / orange color.

The reason is simple. Your proposal is clearly anti-political, as such, it makes sense to give a connotation of party color, just because you are not. The fact of declaring oneself anti-political, inevitably calls us to replace a polite superior concept, we are going to replace the political concept itself.

In short, it's a risky as a solution, but it could work =D
Hope you like it!

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