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Who will determine where merit is deserved and undeserved? You? The Flying Spaghetti Monster?
by ra1n85 11y ago
Who will determine where merit is deserved and undeserved? You? The Flying Spaghetti Monster?
- geofft 11y agoI was assuming that "merit" inherited from parents is undeserved, but yeah, perhaps that's unjustified. Do you have an argument that it is deserved?
- ra1n85 11y agoUnless someone has broken the law in their process of accumulating resources, they are legally in possession of such resources.
- geofft 11y agoI'm not disputing legality. There are plenty of unjust but valid laws that uphold a non-meritocratic society.
- moosemilkie 11y agoAnd there go the goalposts.
- s73v3r 11y agoWe're not talking about legality, we're talking about deserved merit. And as you yourself have shown, one cannot really independently judge merit, as it always comes down to who is actually judging it. Making the idea of a meritocracy not really feasible.
- ra1n85 11y agoEdit: Re-read your comment. Would agree.
- thwarted 11y agoThis reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron