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Honestly it would be nice to stop beating around the bush and declare your end goal: communism. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his ne
by fierarul 6y ago
Honestly it would be nice to stop beating around the bush and declare your end goal: communism. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs".
"Meritocratic equality" is an oxymoron. You can only attain it if what you are measuring applies to everybody, like, say, having a pulse.
The world is hyper-competitive. I don't believe the US will fare well with this excellent strategy.
- strogonoff 6y ago> Honestly it would be nice to stop beating around the bush and declare your end goal: communism. First, let’s agree on whether we both believe the problem with meritocracy, as it works currently, is real. If you don’t believe so, then there’s no sense in continuing. Second, if the only solution you see is communism, don’t attribute the same outlook to me. As far as I’m aware, if communist regimes so far are any indication, communism could only make the situation worse with blatant nepotism if nothing else. What if, if a solution you can think of off the top of your head is horrible, all it means is that the problem is just not that easy to solve?
- fierarul 6y agoIf you want to promote the idea that there's more to life than work and that one could focus more on family, nature and the arts by all means. But saying that capable people must bend the knee so somebody less capable also gets a turn at 1st prize makes we wonder want kind of morality asks that, accepts that and takes pride in finally winning that way.
- strogonoff 6y agoNo one is forced to bend the knee but recognising that meritocracy doesn't live up to its promise and is anti-egalitarian in long term may be welcome.