{"title":"What's wrong with 'meritocracy'?","description":"In this essay, I talk about the concept 'meritocracy', and why it's wrongly thought of as progressive, as it in practice serves to entrench class societal rule, and the oppression and exploitation of most of humanity (and the other animals)…
Published on Apr 10, 2019, 8:00:00 AM
To illustrate how normal it is not to talk about this, I'd like to discuss Noam Chomsky's public statements, whose criticisms of contemporary society have otherwise been fairly incisive. Throughout his career, he has tried to get people to think about the influence and actions of the US empire and…
Published on Sep 1, 2019, 8:00:00 AM
Both David Harvey and Noam Chomsky have done a lot to analyze and explain the rise of neoliberalism. Both have pointed out that it should primarily be understood as a political project aimed at discouraging and disenfranchising 'ordinary' people, which gained steam shortly after the ‘social unrest’…
Published on Aug 1, 2019, 8:00:00 AM
Exploring 'meritocracy', both conceptually and in practice.
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