ON MERITOCRACY
MERIT = Effort + talent
EFFORT = low IQ is enough
TALENT = good GENES, required for high IQ
GENES = acquired without EFFORT, by
accident
Ideally MERITOCRACY should reward effort
as much as talent
However, MARKET forces do not reward
effort (working 12 hours/day for a mimimum wage)
So, in practice:
MERITOCRACY rewards just talent
rewards just genes
rewards just good luck
rewards just the opposite of what it should
In summary: Meritocracy is a single word oxymoron
Meritocracy is an ALIBI for INEQUALITIES
MERITOCRACY
IS A LIE
(However some countries, like Spain, are
not even meritocratic)
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