meritocracy failed, so we're trying meretrocracy.
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@interfluidity But did meritocracy fail? For that, there needs to have been an attempt.
@interfluidity Hmm, i think we have a slight difference in our understanding of "merit".
I expect some measure of "being useful to others", not just being successfull in terms of driving up a number on a ledger.
@admitsWrongIfProven in practice “meritocracy” relied on a mix of educational credentials, recommendations, testing, and pay to establish “merit”.
other conceptions of merit might be better. but there was always going to be a problem with the “ocracy” part of that word.
@admitsWrongIfProven oh, i think there was, and it was catastrophic. it led to a whole class of rapacious winners who felt like they deserved it, and losers deserved their fate beyond what pity compelled winners to offer.