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An infernal situation. There is no solidarity in a meritocracy, and no reward for merit with solidarity.

• trentnix 10y ago
  On the contrary, consider team sports as a perfect example of a meritocracy which often also promotes solidarity. A good team, led by a good coach, recognizes merit is earned by the performance of the whole. The whole wins and the whole loses together. The best of sport very clearly defines success and failure. It uses competition to spur innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Solidarity is often the consequence of that pursuit. Very little about education, from how teachers are managed to how schools are run, does the same.
  • geodel 10y ago
    For sports one very important difference is that real time performance is monitored by a large number of people. People who do not pay salaries of sports person and do not meddle with working of sports team directly. For any other kind of job performance is measured by insiders. Outsiders may gauge performance on quarterly / annual basis.
    • js2 10y ago
      Sports teams are also relatively small organizations. The number of players on a team is in the dozens. No one could shirk by w/o it being noticed. (Well, mostly: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/confessions-carlos-kaiser-soccers-biggest-conman http://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/confessions-carlos-ka...)
      • trentnix 10y ago
        Almost like the size of...a classroom? Team sports and the innovation, pursuit of excellence, and solidarity that comes with it are prevalent at all levels - recreational, amateur, and professional.
  • metaphorm 10y ago
    Team sports are highly unionized. It's also not a generalizable example because most industries are not controlled by a few hundred workers globally.