The right understands it as well. They are more practical in that they already know it is a waste of time/effort/money to lower the bar.
THE END.
Competiton is the way we survive, as you know, complacency, sloth and mediocrity are what are left when a 40% of maximum effort is produced.
The idea of finding a way to achieve, be it business, education, trades or athletics is our way, not a pre-programmed bureaucratic busybody.