the smarter people can more fully realize that truth, but they are less equipped from the starting point

i would say that there are things better suited for <120 iqs

their instinct is to go against tradition

NOT making decisions that affect the well-being of an entire population

I don't entirely disagree, but

all about merit to me

no, this is a bit dangerous I think, the way you are going down

we already live in a cognitive meritocracy

most of history was religious, military and aristocratic elites

only now, in modernity, do we have an "ideas men" elite

since the enlightenment or renaissance one could say, gradually leading to the current state

your average shitlib journo

is smarter than most people

smart people have the most danger from becoming ideologically unmoored

normies can just persist

if they dont receive the wrong signals from top down

they will keep things going

the answers of tradition (small t) and common sense may not be immediately rational, nor efficient

but the weight of history is behind them, they work

and they will keep working, even with problems

@fallot I very much agree with you.

Smart people are much more at risk of going completely off the rails.

I think normies would turn on a dime, if you change the top down signals

oftentimes they do

like in the past

when a people were conquered

which is to be expected living in such an irrational world

they took on the faith of the conquered mostly willingly

Also, people of my group/ethnicity/race who are average in IQ are still "ours."

it's the marginally above average people who are the most insufferable

meritocracy has proved to have little merit for the goal of preserving civilization.

@profagonist VERY true

we're not in a meritocracy though

we're in the throes of credentialism

false experience gateways

with a focus on certification so that an industry of knowledge inspectors can exist

then again i acknowledge my perspective is informed by living in Australia and seeing TAFE employ so many people whose skills would be much better suited to a factory

no that's true enough

we live in a bureaucracy that reward conscientiousness over true merit

but nevertheless, in the end

they have trade certificates for both retail management and just straight up counterhard shit