Well x-cracies are about power, not about money. I believe there are genuine differences in the extent to which organizations are transparent, both about power

Well x-cracies are about power, not about money. I believe there are genuine differences in the extent to which organizations are transparent, both about power and about money. But even with full transparency, what is there to verify if there is no way to define "merit" that everyone in the org can agree upon? That lack of agreement gives latitude to the autocrat to use the term "merit" to mean whatever suits him this week.