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minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up68·1 year agoI learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.
minus-squareculpritus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoit’s the same story of ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ too
minus-squareFlaminGoku@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAt least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one. Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. No… Genghis Khan wasn’t a joke. Meritocracy is.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat a unique take on that phrase!
I learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.
TIL the second part.
it’s the same story of ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ too
At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.
Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.
No… Genghis Khan wasn’t a joke. Meritocracy is.
What a unique take on that phrase!