Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 hours agoOnly in its adverts. What truly drives capitalism is the need to get more capital to reinvest to get more capital. The system doesn’t, can’t, intrinsically care about how it is done. It’s also telling that all your “merits” are of the commodity, not humans.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-212 hours agoTell me, how would you measure merit? Could it be linked to the quality of the product or service you produce? Just productivity alone? Is it time you spent working on something?
Only in its adverts.
What truly drives capitalism is the need to get more capital to reinvest to get more capital.
The system doesn’t, can’t, intrinsically care about how it is done.
It’s also telling that all your “merits” are of the commodity, not humans.
Tell me, how would you measure merit? Could it be linked to the quality of the product or service you produce? Just productivity alone? Is it time you spent working on something?