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Sid

the guy who coined the term "meritocracy" was writing a satire about how meritocracies are nonsense and never happen in real life en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ri

we all gotta be equal, y'all. that's the only way it works

en.m.wikipedia.orgThe Rise of the Meritocracy - Wikipedia
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Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
@interneteh That's amusing. I never knew that. In most of the companies I worked in the CEO gave at least one talk (sometimes multiple) which began with something like "This company is a meritocracy!".
Sid

@bob what boss wouldn't say that

TurtBurgler 40K

@interneteh the number of words coined in order to satire something and then were adopted in earnest by oppressors is astonishing.

Sid

@GayNiffler whole books! looking at you, Orwell

TurtBurgler 40K

@interneteh my personal fav is that american exceptionalism was a joke term made up by russians until right wing americans decided that actually yes america exceptional

Sid

@GayNiffler in the miniseries Chernobyl, the head of the KGB says "it is like that old Russian saying: 'trust but verify.' In America, they believe Ronald Reagan made that up. can you believe such a thing?"

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