Meritocracy is just a euphemism for inequality. Let's stop pretending that people simply get what they deserve, and that the key to success is hard work.
Not even your ideas are purely your own. They are constructs of shared knowledge and experience. We must start with the acknowledgement that the distribution of capital is inherently unequal, then we must ask ourselves if this is fair.
I believe it isn't fair. That does not make me a socialist. I believe in justice. I believe in equal opportunity. I believe that everyone should be free to try and reach their full potential.
I grew up in an upper-middle class suburb of Boston. I hit the jackpot. I couldn't tabulate all the intangible benefits I have received in my life just because of this incredible stroke of good fortune.
Merit requires us all to start from the same place. However, in the real world, some people start at the finish line.
Not even your ideas are purely your own. They are constructs of shared knowledge and experience. We must start with the acknowledgement that the distribution of capital is inherently unequal, then we must ask ourselves if this is fair.
I believe it isn't fair. That does not make me a socialist. I believe in justice. I believe in equal opportunity. I believe that everyone should be free to try and reach their full potential.
I grew up in an upper-middle class suburb of Boston. I hit the jackpot. I couldn't tabulate all the intangible benefits I have received in my life just because of this incredible stroke of good fortune.
Merit requires us all to start from the same place. However, in the real world, some people start at the finish line.
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