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> Yet as a top-notch education becomes the essential requirement for the best job, the rich can buy educational privileges for their children This is not merit

by proc0 5y ago

> Yet as a top-notch education becomes the essential requirement for the best job, the rich can buy educational privileges for their children This is not meritocracy. Every argument made is just how much meritocracy has died in the U.S. not how meritocracy does not work. If it worked properly, the rich wouldn't have a leg up just because they have money, because in theory there wouldn't be elite schools to begin with. Schools themselves would be rewarded based on merit, instead of having these generational gatekeeping mechanisms that literally produce the ruling class in America. This is "the swamp" in politics, it's a bunch of elite people coming from elite schools, which might have some education, but are not necessarily the best for those jobs, just the ones with the best access... so not meritocracy.

kiba 5y ago
Meritocracy is about selecting and awarding the best. This will always create an elite. The best educated will be the rich and self amplify themselves by giving them the resources needed to succeed. They earned their merit by being better than anyone else. The poor will always be disadvantaged, whether that's broken homes or lack of access to resources. Meritocracy is a toxic idea if you don't understand the tradeoff. It will always exacerbates inequality.
- proc0 5y ago
  First, this is basically admitting you are not good enough, and they are inherently better. Already a self-defeatist attitude that can become a self-fulflilling prophecy. And second, you even mention it: > self amplify themselves by giving them the resources needed to succeed That's corrupt meritocracy. Also are you telling me you don't select restaurants, mechanics, food products, opinions of others, etc., etc., based on whether they're better than others or not? Are you saying you just go around never thinking of who does it better than others to then benefit from that? Think about how you reward peopel on a daily basis, and how that ends up contributing to meritocracy.

by proc0 5y ago

kiba 5y ago

Meritocracy is about selecting and awarding the best. This will always create an elite. The best educated will be the rich and self amplify themselves by giving them the resources needed to succeed. They earned their merit by being better than anyone else. The poor will always be disadvantaged, whether that's broken homes or lack of access to resources. Meritocracy is a toxic idea if you don't understand the tradeoff. It will always exacerbates inequality.

proc0 5y ago
First, this is basically admitting you are not good enough, and they are inherently better. Already a self-defeatist attitude that can become a self-fulflilling prophecy. And second, you even mention it: > self amplify themselves by giving them the resources needed to succeed That's corrupt meritocracy. Also are you telling me you don't select restaurants, mechanics, food products, opinions of others, etc., etc., based on whether they're better than others or not? Are you saying you just go around never thinking of who does it better than others to then benefit from that? Think about how you reward peopel on a daily basis, and how that ends up contributing to meritocracy.