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[-] masquenox@lemmy.ml 67 points 10 months ago

I learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

it's the same story of 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' too

[-] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.

Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy.

No... Genghis Khan wasn't a joke. Meritocracy is.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

What a unique take on that phrase!

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