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Networking, networking, networking. It's all about who you know. People talk about nepotism a lot and I think that's mostly brainworms from people convinced that meritocracy is real. For most of history it's been people passing down property and capitol to their kids or close allies
But you dont understannnnnd! Taylor is such a genuine good person and her music ... its like it was written just for me, me a young woman between the ages of 18 and 36! You just hate her because she is a successful woman in a male dominated industry! Her music is objectively moving and real.
In other news, someone please uh forcefully upload to the brains of all Swifitie stans or whatever 'Cult of Personality' on infinite repeat.
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
I know /so many/ self proclaimed liberals and leftists who just get seething with rage angry when you mention that Taylor Swift's music is basically cookie cutter pop rock, and that she comes from an obscenely wealthy family of bank executives.
Lol who are you talking to? Do you mean in real life or online? Of the 10 leftists I know, 9 of them don’t think about Taylor swift, the 1 is indifferent. The few girls I know who are swifties just think she’s neat but nothing deeper, but then again I interact with 20+ year olds
the fact that there's a word for this means the world is beyond saving
The girls have gotten a nickname for themselves. Billions must die
I feel seen
every fan group has a name
It seems like you’re the one with seething rage that some leftists like Taylor Swift. Maybe don’t tell someone who likes Taylor Swift that you think her music is basically cookie cutter pop rock, and be a decent human being. Of course people will get defensive when you tell them their taste is shit.
I'm confused.
Why would people convinced of meritocracy talk about nepotism which is defined as "Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business. "?
Meritocracy is the idea that people succeed on their own merits, while nepotism is a direct refutation of meritocracy, because it reveals the underlying networks of familial favoritism and patronage of the ruling class.
Isn't this a form of nepotism? Nepotism is just the cherry on top of inheritance. If you're a black sheep of the bourgeois family, maybe you don't get daddy's fortune but instead you get one of his vacation homes and a do-nothing job at his firm.
I think he means that calling out x or y random celeb you dont like for nepotism implies they are the exception, and that if you just rooted out those exceptions then meritocracy would function as intended. Where in reality nepotism is like, omnipresent and meritocracy is fake
Oh, ok, thanks. That makes a lot more sense.
It's only nepotism if people recognize it, otherwise it's just good ol' fashioned hard work.