Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agoIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down111
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·12 hours agoI did. It was a whole lot of assumptions backed up with anecdotes all designed to come to one single conclusion.
minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 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 Any system will become outdated VERY quickly, as society is always changing.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-squareJubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoFrom which semi-tautological contortions we can conclude that, uh, capitalism probably isn’t the problem, after all.
I did. It was a whole lot of assumptions backed up with anecdotes all designed to come to one single conclusion.
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.
From which semi-tautological contortions we can conclude that, uh, capitalism probably isn’t the problem, after all.