🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 to Asklemmy • 9 months agoWhat is the biggest lesson that employment has taught you?imagemessage-square596arrow-up13.21Karrow-down157
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minus-square@masquenoxlink67•9 months agoI learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.
minus-squareculpritus [any]linkfedilinkEnglish15•9 months agoit’s the same story of ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ too
minus-square@FlaminGoku@reddthat.comlinkfedilink3•9 months agoAt 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.
minus-square@masquenoxlink4•9 months ago Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. No… Genghis Khan wasn’t a joke. Meritocracy is.
I learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.
TIL the second part.
it’s the same story of ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ too
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.
No… Genghis Khan wasn’t a joke. Meritocracy is.
What a unique take on that phrase!