15
September
Do you believe a society based on a meritocracy is beneficial? What do you believe are the downsides?
September 15, 2022
Yes. No question.
The downside: irrational people will be left behind (feel oppressed).
Reason is developed in problem-solving. An affluent society does not encourage (or urgently require) problem-solving (merit production). Thus, people become increasingly irrational, essentially losing the skill to problem solve. Irrational people are then attracted to Utopian ideologies (propagandized problem solving). However, the pursuit of these ideologies risks upending the functioning order; well, to be clear, that is the goal. Civilization will thereby end.
This is the explanation for our present societal disharmony.
