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mystraline
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Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies...
The problem with meritocracy: who decides what "merit" is?
The answer is: those who are already in power.
mentalgear
37 days ago
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Stop the relativism. In a democracy it's mostly all of us that have a say, in a dictatorship it's one guy and his fascist rank's whim.
drysine
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>it's mostly all of us that have a say
Do you?
wewtyflakes
37 days ago
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I mean, literally so in a democracy, no? You could argue 'we' (whoever that is) do not live in a democracy, but to say that a plurality of voices do not matter in a democracy seems wrong at face-value.
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The answer is: those who are already in power.