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The point is that access to good decision making requires having access to food, warm shelter, community, and all of those to be in steady supply. Without thos
by backtoyoujim 11y ago
The point is that access to good decision making requires having access to food, warm shelter, community, and all of those to be in steady supply.
Without those a person in a meritocracy where the poor "deserve" to be without ... that person will spend money on things that make them think they are living better not regarding what make sense to someone comfortable.
But I guess maybe you have never been homeless. Or without food or a place to shit.
- tosseraccount 11y agoDoesn't being a little hungry make the brain work better? Isn't the poor in America suffering more from being obese than "not having access to food"? https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=food+stamps+obesity&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=food+stamps+obesity&btn...
- NoClass 11y agoWeird that poor people in the US are so fat - access to food clearly isn't an issue.
- rustynails 11y agoIt is unfair to say that a meritocracy believes the poor "deserve" to be without. I'm not sure what's started this campaign against merit (eg. Qualifications, years of experience, etc) - was it political correctness? Society can either pull back those that achieve (to level the playing field) or there will be winners and losers. However, there are still welfare programs and taxation to offset those at the lower end (at least in some parts of the world). However, the current system is imbalanced with the rich getting richer. As the rich get richer, Everyone else gets poorer. Taxation was "meant" to level that playing field, but tax havens and vested interest by politicians to give tax breaks to the wealthy have allowed the horse to bolt.
- judk 11y agoEducate yourself about the origin of the word "meritocracy". It is enlightening.