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MERITOCRACY
The Meritocracy Myth Just Got Bombed
The dummies are in charge
Have you ever had an idiot boss? Have you ever been passed over for a job in favor of someone whose work you knew to be subpar?
These are near-universal experiences, so I am sure your answer to both questions is God, yes! Yet we somehow persist in believing we live in a meritocracy.
It’s more like an idiocracy
Never has this been more obvious than in last week’s , in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other national leaders discussed military action in a way that either was or should have been classified. Oops, they also added a journalist to the group but went on discussing the bombing without ever realizing the journalist was there.
Even more astounding? Nobody has lost their job over this. If you or I or anyone we know did anything remotely like this at our job, HR would have our termination letters ready in about five minutes. And I assume none of us have the kind of job that allows us to literally bomb people.
