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kore wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by kore in Meritocracy is authoritarianism by ziq

Yeah the "thriving" was me just inadvertently spouting neoliberal nonsense haha. I hope this comment is more up to your standards and expands on what I mean by how expansive I think "merit" could be.

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rattledlove1139 wrote

just not sure I think merit has a place in this i guess
People like me and my friends who will always need help (some on those extreme levels) just exist because we do and not need merit or use to justify that because it can go really bad really quick even if society did not abuse concept

i can sew a bit and I have fun I want to help people by sewing but if someone said that was my merit i would not be happy. I am more than things i can (or can not) provide to others and it also sometimes becomes "inspiration" and "bravery" comments which is annoying at best.
Also a pressure because if your only merit people see is "making others smile" or something and you mess up, you hurt someone, that can really really hurt and crush any self love. I would prefer have no merit than merit based entirely on what others see and think because of me

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