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Honestly, I don't think your thinking is correctly placed.
I do not think people with ADHD or other neurodivergencies are by design thought of, in first hand, as opposition Opposition that will be oppressors of the system. If anything, it's a second hand thought. Of course the surpressed will attempt to revolt on a personal or collective plane sooner or later. But really, I don't think people with ADHD are pre-identified as rebels by the system. I think it's more historicallly sensible that people with ADHD are just trouble inside school. They ask too much and remembers too little. It doesn't fit the practice of teaching. That's it.
I recognize the community, but I'm referring specifically to "gifted and talented" programs as referenced in the meme, not just ADHD.
I also recognize they were not originally intended to be filters for society and likely had good intentions at inception, so I'm suggested they have been co-opted as a means of social correction by evil actors over time
I can see the appeal of thinking that your genius is being suppressed by an evil cabal who is afraid of your power, but it's much more likely that the system is designed for neurotypicals because there's more of them.
I feel like this person is doing the serious version of what I say when I claim there's a conspiracy against us left-handed people, when in reality we're like 10% of the population.
Still makes it no less annoying to only have a potato peeler with a blade on the side where you can't use it.