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The dangerous attack on meritocracy: The core idea -- that jobs should be assigned to those most qualified to accomplish them -- is under attack
American Thinker ^ | 04/28/2021 | Larry Alexander

Posted on 04/28/2021 7:16:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The core meritocratic idea -- that tasks should be assigned to those most qualified to accomplish them -- is, and has been for some time, under attack. That attack, predictably in the current identity politics-obsessed climate, has been based on race and sex.

Just recently, for example, the CEO of United Airlines proudly announced that United’s new goal for its stable of pilots and co-pilots is that it reflect the demography of United’s passengers. So if a certain percentage passengers are women, and a certain percentage are black, then the occupants of United’s cockpits should reflect those percentages. The CEO failed to explain whether United’s current failure to meet those percentages was due to its own race and sex discrimination, or whether instead it was due to such factors as the skills and occupational preferences of women and blacks. Nor did he explain why anyone, including United’s passengers, should care anything about United’s pilots other than whether they were highly qualified to execute a pilot’s only job, which is to fly and land the plane safely.

The same point applies to the FAA’s policy to “diversify” air traffic controllers. Air traffic controllers, too, have one task, which is to manage congested skies so that airplanes do not collide and land safely. The occupants of airplanes care only that they do that task the best that it can be done, and care not a whit about to what race or sex they belong.

This point also applies to the military. It, too, has a singular task, to win wars and do so at the lowest cost in blood and treasure. Accomplishing that mission, regardless of the racial, sexual, or sexual orientation of its members, is all citizens should demand of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jobs; meritocracy
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1 posted on 04/28/2021 7:16:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I read a piece about this a while back on some site that couldn’t be posted on FR. Basically, merit? That crap don’t count. Pretty sad commentary.


2 posted on 04/28/2021 7:18:25 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Commander-in-Chief Biden is winning his war on merit one federal appointment at a time.


3 posted on 04/28/2021 7:22:13 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

Just assign them randomly.

With any luck we will end up with:
Joe the Plumber running the country.
Joe Biden setting munitions at a construction site.
Kamala Harris cleaning toilets in a truck stop.
Nancy Pelosi wrestling in the WWF.


4 posted on 04/28/2021 7:22:30 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind
The decline and fall of Western Civilisation. Great civilisations aren't conquered; they commit suicide.

When America falls, something much cruder will take its place. Those now revelling in the decay will be the first destroyed. And, yes, a meritocracy will take her place, the primary merit being the ability to seize power.

As Alexander replied, on his deathbed, when asked to whom he bequeathed his empire: "To the strongest."

5 posted on 04/28/2021 7:22:46 AM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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To: DannyTN

RE: Joe the Plumber running the country.

Has anybody ever followed up on the whereabouts of this guy? It’s been nearly a decade since he confronted Obama regarding his tax policies.


6 posted on 04/28/2021 7:24:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It is my understanding that most airline pilots are former military pilots.


7 posted on 04/28/2021 7:25:38 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Savage Beast

Other than sports teams, what at a university is based solely on merit? Not admissions, employment, promotions? Can anyone name something?


8 posted on 04/28/2021 7:26:46 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SeekAndFind

Haven’t you heard?
Merit is racism.


9 posted on 04/28/2021 7:27:38 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cory Booker could have been Vice President if he took the right hormones and underwent enough surgery.


10 posted on 04/28/2021 7:30:19 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

***The core meritocratic idea — that tasks should be assigned to those most qualified to accomplish them***

NEPOTISM and Favoritism overrides merit any day at the company I worked for.


11 posted on 04/28/2021 7:30:27 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Nothing. There is a lowering of standards everywhere and in all things. When this reaches a critical point, the society collapses.


12 posted on 04/28/2021 7:33:33 AM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wikipedia has an article on him.
He ran for congress in 2012 and lost.
He took a job in a jeep plant in 2014.
Last entry is that he voted for Trump in 2016.


13 posted on 04/28/2021 7:33:59 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

He seems to have disappeared since 2014 when he started working at Jeep plant.
He voted for Trump in 2016. That is the last thing there is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber


14 posted on 04/28/2021 7:34:17 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This has been true since Bakke Affirmative Action case went the wrong way in the 1970s.


15 posted on 04/28/2021 7:36:14 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: DannyTN

“Kamala Harris cleaning toilets in a truck stop.”

Come on, she’s far more qualified to do something else for the drivers, at $25.00 per trick.


16 posted on 04/28/2021 7:43:25 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: SeekAndFind

under attack? they dropped the concept of meritocracy 25+ yrs ago


17 posted on 04/28/2021 7:54:46 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: libstripper
"Come on, she’s far more qualified to do something else for the drivers, at $25.00 per trick."

That's meritocracy. That's the very thing they don't want.

But on the upside, random whores are likely to be nicer than that one.

18 posted on 04/28/2021 8:02:05 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: central_va

This has been true since Bakke Affirmative Action case went the wrong way in the 1970s.


Wasn’t the minority admitted in Bakke’s place later convicted of malpractice?


19 posted on 04/28/2021 8:13:32 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: SeekAndFind

Really Larry? You’re just now figuring that out? Sheesh our betters are dumb.


20 posted on 04/28/2021 8:18:21 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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