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Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
Myth of meritocracy is a phrase arguing that meritocracy, or achieving upward social mobility through one's own merits regardless of one's social position, is not widely attainable in capitalist societies because of inherent contradictions.
What the Trump folks want is to replace an existing meritocracy with the kind of spoils system that turns civil service into a sewer. Opinion - Trump’s crony meritocracy could shatter US civil ...
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy is a 2012 nonfiction book written by Christopher Hayes, discussing examples of how meritocracy is exploited in modern America. He argues that there are many competing forces working within America that are causing the financial crisis, elite crisis, media crisis, and, what he sees as the most ...
Amri Johnson, a DEI expert and author, told ABC News that the ideal of meritocracy operates under the assumption "that opportunities are fair." Today, studies across industries continue to show ...
“America should be a place of meritocracy, but not just meritocracy in race, but meritocracy in an opportunity set,” he said. There were 340.1 million people in the U.S. last year, ...
[36] In 2013, Born Rich was alluded to on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes where Johnson commented on meritocracy in America on the day Prince George of Wales was born. [55] Born Rich was also broadcast in 2013 on Australia's public television channel ABC2. [56]
To make America great again, we don’t need to banish sleepovers or cartoons. We need to rediscover what the ’90s got right: a culture that valued balance, meritocracy and the joy of simply living.