[tomxor]

> Meritocracy is a fallacious idea exactly because it ignores social context.

This is just a war of semantics: I'm using it as a distinct abstract idea, you are implying it must be an all encompassing model of society. As an analogy, would you say we should ban seatbelts because they ignore the fact that some people drink and drive and still cause death and destruction despite seatbelts?

Literally all i'm saying is that meritocracy is a part of equality just like seatbelts are a part of safety, and not a panacea... to be accompanied by other mechanisms.

Can you imagine a world where we do not reward people for improving themselves and becoming more useful? How is that not part of equality.