#meritocracy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #meritocracy, aggregated by home.social.
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The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies
In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise. -
“ #ConsumerWelfare, #RevealedPreferences, #regulatorycapture & #meritocracy are just some of the ways that #capitalism's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described #capitalists who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.
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Today, these [ #billionaires ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.” -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.
Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.
#history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching
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Fun fact:
🇷🇴 Romania’s president, Nicușor Dan, was one of the 11 students to solve the legendary Problem 6 at the 1988 IMO.
He scored a perfect 42/42 that year, alongside future Fields Medalist 🇻🇳 Ngô Bảo Châu. 🇨🇦 Ravi Vakil also solved it.
🇦🇺 Terence Tao, aged just 13, got 1/7 on that problem, aced almost everything else, and still won a gold medal. @tao
In fact, Dan won two consecutive perfect-score gold medals at IMO (1987 & 1988).
#Romania #NicușorDan #TerenceTao #Tao #Dan #IMO #1988IMO #RaviVakil #NgôBảoChâu #GoldMedal #Meritocracy #MathLegend #MathematicianInPolitics
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AOC Exposes the Billionaire Myth as Katy Tur’s Awkward Reaction Sparks Debate
AOC exposed the truth about billionaire wealth on MSNOW, triggering an awkward media moment and reigniting debate about capitalism and inequality.
#AlexandriaOcasioCortez #AOC #billionaireWealth #capitalism #classInequality #corporateGreed #DemocraticSocialism #EconomicJustice #economicReform #JeffBezos #KatyTur #laborRights #meritocracy #msnbc #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #taxTheRich #wealthInequality #wealthRedistribution #workersRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oUm -
> "we want #meritocracy, your #contributions to #society should determine your #wealth"
> "abolish #inheritance #taxes!"
#Neolibs are so fucking #contradictory, like, pick a stance bitch
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On the gifts we think we've given and the ones we don't know we received.
A thread on gratitude… and power.
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#Hierarchy #Society #Meritocracy #Success #Competing #Generosity #Gratitude #ActuallyAutistic (me)
