Comments on: The Economy of Madness http://barefootanthropology.com/2012/07/05/170/ Natural social science Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan http://barefootanthropology.com/2012/07/05/170/#comment-385 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:32:06 +0000 http://barefootanthropology.com/?p=170#comment-385 Of course!

I have a problem with meritocracies (i.e. systems where the best rule), because they have an unfortunate tendency to cease using personal merit to allot power, and instead ascribe merit to people who are already powerful in order to justify their erroneous decisions.

]]> By: vicky http://barefootanthropology.com/2012/07/05/170/#comment-383 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:08:56 +0000 http://barefootanthropology.com/?p=170#comment-383 Could you explain in greater depth what you mean by “The notion of meritocracy” in the sentence “The notion of meritocracy justifies psychopathic practices”? I believe I’m misunderstanding the word meritocracy.

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