It was meritocratic?

What?

Nobody was inventing when everyone was a farmer

They didn't elevate the people with the greatest capacities, they equalized everyone in trivial manual labour positions in order to expedite manufacturing efficiency

That's egalitarianism of a kind, not meritocracy

The age of artisanry was more innovative than current day

Yes

And it was also less meritocratic
Men were decent at a lot of things but masters of none
For the most part
Now we're masters of the most microscopic tasks

And nothing else

That's not meritocracy lol

I think the lower rates of innovation per capita prob have more to do with dsygenics regarding things like iq tbh

^

@Roko my argument is the reverse casuality of that

Our current system elevates those who invested the most money into educational institutions, often completely disregarding their personal merit and similarly undermines people of great capabilities because they failed to invest in said institutions

We may have different understandings of meritocracy as well then

Remember, European nations do unironically suffer a shortage of skilled labour, which is why trade labourers have rising rates of employment. Most of our people are employed in service and unskilled manual labour

We are a race of food servants, waiters and truck drivers

@Deleted User so you think that division of labor is related to the lowering of average iq? The way i see it specialists and the division of labor is just a natural progression of an expanding industrial and technological landscape.

and plumbers lmao

cow tipping

ewwwwwwwww

and prostitutes

Yeah and prostitutes sadly

Men and women alike, the porn industry and sex services are thriving

@Roko yes, or as I would word it overquantification on a societal basis

Define meritocracy in your own words

Just so I could better understand where you're coming from

Who is that delightful future wife?

It's axiomatic
Depends on what tasks a society defines as valuable

Euh

I should go do something I've been posting too much

@Billy Ray Would bang

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The pic on the right is this server

wut?

The judge put a gag order on the Dad though