Re:How to prevent a meritocracy entrenching itself
by stcredzero on Saturday February 09, 2013 @04:12PM
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> First, we aren't the real elite. Founders are yeoman project managers at best, engineers are less than that-- not even able to raise a family in the Valley-- and even the venture capitalists are, for the most part, merely junior elite.
I bet a lot of folks in France between 1789 and 1799 were paraphrasing, "I'm not a real aristo," or "I'm only a minor aristo."
Note that the junior elite is more likely to be left as scapegoats to the mob, while the real elites will have the resources to escape.
And you do realize, as a smart, hip, dare I say elite person, that the ;) was a signal of sarcasm.
I bet a lot of folks in France between 1789 and 1799 were paraphrasing, "I'm not a real aristo," or "I'm only a minor aristo."
Note that the junior elite is more likely to be left as scapegoats to the mob, while the real elites will have the resources to escape.
And you do realize, as a smart, hip, dare I say elite person, that the ;) was a signal of sarcasm.