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.

  • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
    521·
    11 months ago

    Yes, but it doesn’t last for long. It just takes a few bad apples on top for the system to quickly go corrupt, which is why the powers on top need to constantly fear being changed by the people

    • Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      51·
      11 months ago

      What do you mean by doesn’t last long? Also if the society was a complete meritocracy what accountability would the people have?

      • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
        192·
        11 months ago

        Well, human judgement is not perfect, and eventually a snake would be able to climb the ranks and corrupt the whole system.

        This is why democracy is the only system that can allow for “constant revolution” and if the current system is broken or corrupt, it’s the only way that allows for a consistent peaceful transfer of power. It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but as Churchill once said “ Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…”

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
      22·
      11 months ago

      Meritocracy just means you’re rewarded proportionally to your contribution. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re rewarded with authority over anyone.