"Democracy is not the highest goal... ...people are retarded."
"Government by the people, of the people, for the people... but the people are retarded."
"Democracy is not the highest goal..."
- famous #Osho quotes from Bondage to Freedom, Ch 31, Q 2 (excerpt)
https://www.oshonews.com/2021/09/09/government-by-the-people-of-merit/
+ my comments about Meritocracy after full quote below...
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WHOLE #QUOTE (SECTION)
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" Democracy is not the highest goal. It is better than dictatorial regimes, it is better than monarchies, but it is not the end of the journey – because democracy basically means government by the people, of the people, for the people, but the people are retarded. So let us say: government by the retarded, for the retarded, of the retarded.
Democracy cannot be the highest possibility man can attain. It is good in comparison to other forms of government that have preceded it, but not something that can succeed it. I call that meritocracy. I want a government by the people of merit. And merit is a very rare quality."
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MY COMMENT ABOUT MERITOCRACY:
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I take issue with the MERITOCRACY *IF* it's not aiming to educate people from ground up because again it's a power shift away from the average person like if good Marathon runners leave the pack and do their own thing - we need everyone together (at least as some point if someone runs ahead to do some work but it is almost best at the same time so the better marathon runners don't make big mistakes assuming what people want) which might all need a lot of education but that's the point ad hard work. Educating people and how / when.
Your users are the weakness on any system so only superior intellect IS NOT GOING TO WORK ON IT'S OWN.
If people want a simple life to live rural that should not be seen as unintellectual or lacking merit to pick and grow apples so I took offense in "merit" thinking that people can easily reject other by that using any "system" (system also isn't a great word as a mass template for assuming everyone is the same sometimes or not working WITH their individuality - anonymous / impersonal systems).
