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A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you (press.princeton.edu)
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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I dislike that this conflates meritocracy the economic system with meritocracy the political system. I don't want people to be able to eat based on their talents. I do want health policy to be built by people who have studied science.