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Do you believe in meritocracy? Why or why not? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is the definition I am using:

a system, organization, or society in which people are chosen and moved into positions of success, power, and influence on the basis of their demonstrated abilities and merit.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

communism - people starve while the politicians become rich

making it, by definition, not communism.
https://medium.com/international-workers-press/misconceptions-about-communism-2e366f1ef51f

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, again theory vs reality.

Every iteration of communism so far was an absolute nightmare, made by the people for the people.

I agree that most theories are great if taken seriously but I dont see how we keep incompetence and malice from corrupting it.

My logic says weed out malice and educate the incompetent but no idea how to do this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The SU was pretty great until it came apart due to outside interference and ultimately illegally dissolved. People like to shit-talk the censorship (and to be fair under most circumstances I would be against it as well) but things didn't get bad until they started loosening up on it; once the citizens had no protection from the lies specifically created to destabilize their society it all came crumbling down.

Also China for all of its flaws is fucking killing it right now. They're genuinely on the path to full blown communism, with their strategy being to build up as much power as they can while they wait for the US empire to collapse. Once they're out of the picture, expect huge moves.