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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

it's the same story of 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' too

[-] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.

Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy.

No... Genghis Khan wasn't a joke. Meritocracy is.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

What a unique take on that phrase!

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