• Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    12 hours ago

    it promotes the values of meritocracy,

    […]

    None of these are commonly held by people in the American left

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    • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      12·
      7 hours ago

      The right loves meritocracy. To them it means everyone got what they deserve, from the homeless to the billionaires.

      • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

        Oh, is that why they kept ethnic minorities out of positions of power and established structures of “not what you know, but who you know” and established “legacy admissions” for the children of huge donors?

        • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          No, that’s because they’re racist. They can have different motivations to do what they do.