Of all the flimsy excuses of why children of the rich and powerful should have privileges from birth, meritocracy is perhaps the most blatantly illogical. Divine right of kings is more rational.
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005.07.18 on meritocracy and the estate tax
005.07.18 its not so much that the perfect is the enemy of the good, its that the ideal is the enemy of the real
005.05.18 cancer and greedy dictators
to write up properly:
very close analogy – pull from GrannyD’s speech; and the guy on Trevor Noah this week about data-basd and fact-based agencies having most problem with Trump
cancer cells defect in repair = repressing dissent/truth
the pathway to cancer is similar to the pathway to corruption
also humor / comedy as immunization
attacking the immune system
but also uniquely – because fewer heads can be more coordinated in its attacks on people, very systematic
attacks on the schools
005.02.18 Ayn Rand and Communist Propaganda
Had a really interesting conversation with some long time Russian friends of mine. My friend Inna told me that because of all the discussions about it she decided to read Ayn Rand’s book; she said it was practically unreadable, and really reminded her of communist propaganda pieces.
The thing that both have in common, also with current propaganda about ‘great russia’, is ways to make people who feel low or put down feel better about themselves by feeling like their country or system is somehow great and better than others.
So its sort of a cheap way of making people feel good about themselves, but manipulating them in the process.