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by Dan_Sylveste 1464 days ago
Meritocracy isn't real. It's a nice ideal but it isn't real.
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claytongulick 1464 days ago
Can you describe what you mean by that in more detail?

Are you claiming that each individual's capabilities are the same as everyone else's?

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watwut 1464 days ago
Not op, but I interpreted it as the fact that world is not fair. People dont go up purely on merit, skills, talent, you name it. As in, the nepotism described and defended in these threads is not the only kind of merit breaking factors.
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Dan_Sylveste 1463 days ago
>Are you claiming that each individual's capabilities are the same as everyone else's?

What aspect of my comment made you think I was claiming that?

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