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@red @djsundog Your regularly scheduled reminder that the word was created as part of a satire meant to point out that it was a horrible idea that enshrines privilege. So you’re going even more right than you might think and the techbros who think this is a good thing are even more wrong.

‘meritocracy’ is a shit idea bc people don’t have equal access to ‘merit’

‘merit’ is an intangible quality that straight white dudes are basically assumed to have and that everyone else might possibly obtain with enough time and resources

bc we are not starting from a place of equality, ‘meritocracy’ results in gatekeeping and perpetuated exclusion out-group individuals

a better idea: people collaborate and support each other to mutually achieve individual *and* collective goals

After exhaustive research, I have created a flow chart showing the progression of philosophy over the last 3000 years.

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@BestGirlGrace the cutest little [REDACTED] you never saw

I do wanna let the players be cryptids, though. What's the point of working at the secret government whatever if you can't be a cute cognitohazard

We could do this heist blindfolded, but then we'd miss exchanging knowing glances and admiring each other in motion, the sheer awe at watching an expert work and, you know, just bein' gay for each other