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Having judges and university trustees hired on merit rather than campaigning to be elected does not make a system autocratic.
by rfrey 2y ago
Having judges and university trustees hired on merit rather than campaigning to be elected does not make a system autocratic.
- brokeAstronomer 2y agoBeing super rich != merit. This is what seems to be happening in practice.
- judahmeek 2y agoWhat better merit is there than public approval for positions like that?
- vkou 2y agoIf you ask five people who can't speak French to tell me which French-language essay deserves a higher grade, you'll quickly discover that their merit-finding abilities are a coin flip. The whole purpose of elections is tangential to merit. There's important reasons to have them, but finding the 'best' candidate isn't one of them.
- mmooss 2y agoWho chooses them? What makes you think they choose them on merit?
- LtWorf 2y agoIt's the whole theological foundation of northern european and american protestantism = being rich means good loves you, so you're a good person. How they got there from jesus saying rich people can't go to heaven is one of those theological acrobacies they criticise so much in catholics, but don't disregard doing themselves when suits them.