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That's kind of implying a meritocracy actually exists.

• GauntletWizard 9y ago
  Thank you for outing yourself as a criminal. Regardless of whether or not meritocracy exists, and particularly of the morality of the law, taking more than the system allows you to is pretty much the definition of criminality. Whether that be through plain old theft, fraud, illegal substance dealing, or violent crime.
  • dragonwriter 9y ago
    > Regardless of whether or not meritocracy exists, and particularly of the morality of the law, taking more than the system allows you to is pretty much the definition of criminality. No, it's not. Unless by “the system” you mean only and exactly criminal law. And, in any case, that's different than your original description, which did include the proviso that the amount the system determined was based on meritocratic considerations (“based on the skills you've developed and the effort you've put in.”) The grandparent post was correct to point out that this characterization assumed the existence of meritocracy. Finally, asserting that disagreeing with your description is outing the grandparent poster as a criminal is is just simply uncalled for.
• ThrustVectoring 9y ago
  Whoops, forgot to mention the parents you were born to. If they're higher class or just plain old spend more resources on you, society winds up letting you get more stuff.