you have yet to agree with me

It's actually not though, @Undead Mockingbird

(still looking btw)

It's not in your best interest to refuse to take advantage of the system

And milk it for all you can

And then bail out when the going gets tough

I can't believe we've survived to see an era where people are comfortable saying "No! I don't want meritocracy"

If you were the only one doing so, you might get away with it. But you are not, if the programs are systemic.

And yet here we are

@Undead Mockingbird Any system that holds my community and hence me back, is not a fair system. Meritocracy in a Multi Racial Society would create an Asian/White Elite, Affirmative Action gives someone who's black a statistical advantage, why would they oppose their own interest?

Wtf yes you do. Even if you were a weasel you'd say "I want meritocracy" with the intention to CHEAT at the meritocracy.

So, I rather give up some unfair perks to live in a fair society than vice versa.

In a society where plenty of people haven't earned shit

You are, convince others to join you. How do you do it?

That is precisely the clash between conservatism nowadays and liberalism.

This is like the bad guy saying "I want to tie that woman to the train tracks to see her head come off and red stuff shoot out."

It's just too on the nose. "I don't want meritocracy" What the FUCK IS HAPPENING

There isn't actually much of a clash between conservatism and liberalism right now

It's between socialism/Marxism and conservatism+liberalism

If you take your rightful place in your team, then your team has a better chance of winning, even if you have to give up being the captain of your team.

just type Toxic Meritocracy on Google

I'd really rather do no such thing.

I feel like you don't really understand your opposition

Yes, that was the logical next step in this progression, to attack meritocracy.

Just like I don't wanna watch Maury.

And so are attempting to attack them from your axioms

Why depress yourself.

Meritocracy stands in the way of this benefit peddling precisely in the way I tried to explain above.

Because the blunt pursuit of "happiness" is not a path to fulfillment

And we will all suffer from it.

We have fallen so, so, so far now.

```It is in YOUR interest to preserve meritocracy, even if it means that you might not be shoved into a position you are unqualified for.```

Here's what I'm hearing, "It's in your interest to have White Man in Power.

How can I make a living when people are taking sledgehammers to the ENTIRE STRUCTURE we're trying to build.

It's not even there anymore. We're trying to REBUILD IT and people are scrapping the construction site.

You're still arguing from your own axioms, @Undead Mockingbird

Okay, kids:

Let's take this example. Remember Lord of the Rings?

What was the reason they decided to throw the Ring into Mount Doom instead of using it for themselves?

If you can answer that question truthfully, you understand why meritocracy is important.

Hell, we're drawing the blueprints, and people are attacking the blueprints with swords and axes.

Stop doing the same thing

What the FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.

cuz Sauron would win 😛

Sauron did nothing wrong