TankieCatgirl [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoImagine thinking poor people can't have free time or access to the internet.hexbear.netimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1imageImagine thinking poor people can't have free time or access to the internet.hexbear.netTankieCatgirl [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePZK [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·9 months agoThe same people who defend the idea of meritocracy will also defend nepotism and inheritance as legitimate forms of success.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-29 months agoIt’s a byproduct of Great Man Theory: they think the supposed greatness is inherited, too, OR just have a “DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOOO” attitude when it comes to money, including dead people money.
The same people who defend the idea of meritocracy will also defend nepotism and inheritance as legitimate forms of success.
It’s a byproduct of Great Man Theory: they think the supposed greatness is inherited, too, OR just have a “DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOOO” attitude when it comes to money, including dead people money.