The Meritocracy Myth


	The Meritocracy Myth

lifecyce1898

9-14-2009 10:53 PM

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lifecyce1898 says:

I'm sure this will make some clippers heads explode. FLAME ON!

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9-14-2009 11:02 PM

ratilfar

Hard to believe for those who have not seen the world through a different lens.

9-15-2009 11:15 AM

Spiritualmonkey

"Bootstrappers" love to enthuse on and on about being a "Horatio Alger story come to life."

People who think that way fundamentally don't understand Horatio Alger, or how full of shit he was.

Mark Twain, an Alger contemporary, understood how full of shit Alger was.

9-15-2009 4:56 PM

chestnut501

Second generation privileged are absolutely intolerable. This is what we are seeing now all over the world and it is why the world is rapidly going to hell. I know this seems to be getting a little away from the subject but I really believe that in order to fix anything, we first have to get rid of the biggest problem. THEM

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