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> I think meritocracy is a good thing. The term "meritocracy" was coined as a satirical parody of effective governance. https://www.routledge.com/The-Rise-of-

> I think meritocracy is a good thing. The term "meritocracy" was coined as a satirical parody of effective governance. https://www.routledge.com/The-Rise-of-the-Meritocracy/Young/p/book/9781560007043# https://www.routledge.com/The-Rise-of-the-Meritocracy/Young/... It was meant to be a negative, and is used as a pejorative: as a very bad idea that became effectively a swearword. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41427674 https://www.jstor.org/stable/41427674 Be careful what you wish for.

r-w 3y ago
“It […] is used as a pejorative” Not to nitpick, but it clearly isn’t used that way by everyone, certainly not by the person you’re replying to.
- lproven 3y ago
  It is used _in the book_ as a pejorative. That is the explanation from the definition that I link to. The problem when a prominent wealthy company attempts to run its business on the basis of meritocracy is illustrated by the existence of projects such as GNOME, systemd, Wayland, and Flatpak.