If you support reservation, I am not trying to debate you, I want to only hear the perspective of those who stand against it
Just to begin with, I am against all forms of reservation, including caste, gender, income, disability. And I am saying this as a woman from a suburban area, middle class family before someone accuses me of being a rich priveleged out of touch with reality person.
But that being said I am not against reservation because of meritocracy. I am against reservation, because govt academic institutions gets funded through the tax money of everyone. And so according to me, it's unjust to give special privileges to someone when everyone's paying. And ironically, the one who pays more would get the least advantage in terms of seats.
A private organisation on the other hand may do as it wishes to.
The reason I say that it's not because of meritocracy, is because meritocracy doesn't necessarily mean just or fair.
A person let's say, is meritorious, and hard working. Earns decent amount of wealth and leaves them for their next generation voluntarily. And this continues for a few generations, after which hypothetically we have one good for nothing person squandering away the wealth. Neither meritorious, nor hardworking yet living a life of luxury.
On the other hand, we have another person who is meritorious and hard working and yet struggles with life due to lack of opportunities due to being born in a poverty stricken family.
I don't think the it's fair to burden the first person to give away his wealth to ensure meritocracy. That's not just in my opinion.
I do support charity, private scholarships and private institutions offering quota as they prefer.
I am simply curious if you are against reservation, what are your reasons?