@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-216 hours agoIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?message-square70arrow-up138arrow-down117
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-216 hours agomessage-square70
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•15 hours agoOkay, you definitely didn’t read my comment if that’s what you think it was. Let me sum it up for you: A person’s merit is subjective. Judging merit based on subjective values will bring in biases and corruption. Judging merit based on objective values is impossible, and will need to be a simplification. In either case, people will game the system to raise their value, regardless of whether they actually contribute anything of merit. Any system will become outdated VERY quickly, as society is always changing. Capitalism only judges the acquisition of capital, which is not a merit. A person can cheat literally any system if they try hard enough. I explained all of that without a single anecdote.
minus-square@ClinicallydepressedpoochieOPlink1•2 hours agoYes yes, nothing can be done. All is futile. It’s always the same shit with you people.
minus-square@JubilantJaguarlink1•4 hours agoFrom which semi-tautological contortions we can conclude that, uh, capitalism probably isn’t the problem, after all.
Okay, you definitely didn’t read my comment if that’s what you think it was. Let me sum it up for you:
I explained all of that without a single anecdote.
Yes yes, nothing can be done. All is futile. It’s always the same shit with you people.
From which semi-tautological contortions we can conclude that, uh, capitalism probably isn’t the problem, after all.