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Re:The Poison We Pick by danieltillett on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:39PM (#16450242)
The basic problem is that meritocracy beats every other political system. The reason meritocracy took over is not because it is morally better, but because non-meritocatic societies fell by the wayside under the boot of meritocracy.

Hopefully in the post-scarcity society coming we can come up with a better approach not focused on people’s productivity.

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Re:The Poison We Pick by notacoward on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:43PM (#16461061)
Meritocracy is not a political system. Even calling it an economic system is questionable, but at least it comes close. And yes, the difference does matter. Failure to understand the proper relationship between politics and economics is one of the chief causes of the malaise people try to escape with opiates.
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