They replaced him with a troll.

Benefits peddling is the thing that destroys the wonderful machinery of meritocracy.

If I am not good enough for MIT then I would rather have to attend another school then making my way into it through cheating.

Because it destroyed the story.

wasn't Sauron just a big troll all along? 😄

How is Meritocracy good if it holds me people back? Any system where my community isn't a proportionate part of the top of unfair, because Equality.
Meritocracy is White Power.

If you don't care about meritocracy then why would you care if it's destroyed?

Letting Aragorn actually fight Sauron felt strange to everyone.

Affirmative action did precisely that:

It tried to achieve an outcome independently of meritocracy.

But it provides benefits to the right people, Me when i go to get a college admissions, job or govt loan.

And it's bad for me long term, because what happens if I get into Harvard because of my skin color?

Eventually I will ruin the value of my own degree because people are getting in for their skin color and not their skills.

this is an argument of pro nobless oblige vs pure meritocrecy

No it does not.

Jesus Christ.

Sure it does

I want a job, I get the job

Benefits are tangible and immediate

exactly

Stop arguing with Mockingbird. He's right.

Yes, that's great and many people did get their jobs that way nowadays.

Look at what it has done for us.

then we need to argue with him so strongly its clear his argumetn can witstand all critisism

Immediate Gratification = What Works in Democracy

Take the corn out of your ears, people.

Why should someone in a cushy job care?

Because it's the right thing to do.

Of course, once everyone starts cheating, there is no reason for you to play fair anymore.

😐

"the truth has been said, everone shut up now" non ironicly

oof

They disagree. What now?

Oh sorry, they disagree?

```Yes, that's great and many people did get their jobs that way nowadays.

Look at what it has done for us.```

who is *us* 🤔

No, it's not just the right thing to do. It's also better for you.

We have explanations, and they do not.

You can be rationally selfish about it. Ayn Rand wrote wonderful books about this.

We can forecast everything bad that will happen.

Their explanation is they like their job and don't see an issue with it

Demonstrable evidence.

You have to convince them to come to your side

If everybody plays by the rules of a good game, everybody will win.

It is not a zero sum game.

if a fly thought up the sun centered solar system before any man, he would still be right, even if he coulnt explain it

Before arguments based on your axioms will work