Subj : Capitalism & Corporatism
To : Moondog
From : Boraxman
Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 08:58 am
Re: Capitalism & Corporatism
By: Moondog to Kaelon on Wed Jul 20 2022 01:43 am
> I fear a meritocracy can be gamed and infiltrated by the people they wish to
> keep out of power. If service guaratees citizenship and the rights to vote
> and hold office, you'll see folks who abhor the concepts of a meritocracy
> follow the rules into order to inside.
>
A meritocracy will always, always be gamed. If you have a system where taking risky loans to hoard resources and extract rent pays off, then people will game the system that way. People who flip property, take advantage of low interest to leverage and hoard, game the system.
And you have to define 'merit', which is very culturally biased. EVERY system is a 'meritocracy'. Even Communism is. You need skills to be top dog. Theocracies reward on merit. Fascists reward on merit.
Playing 'the game' is a skill, and the best win/
You need to define what behaviour you want to encourage first.
