Asklemmy

43968 readers

926 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Do you believe in meritocracy? Why or why not? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

108 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is the definition I am using:

a system, organization, or society in which people are chosen and moved into positions of success, power, and influence on the basis of their demonstrated abilities and merit.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A direct democracy can be corrupted via social engineering, see brexit.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I‘m not saying direct democracy cant be broken but britain isnt a direct democracy. Its like giving someone a bike who drove a car all their lives. They crash and hurt themselves and someone says „look! Bikes are dangerous!“

There are no direct (or mostly direct) democracies in the world afaik. Feel free to prove otherwise.

[–] pranaless@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I believe Switzerland has direct democracy, no?

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 10 months ago

In part, but not fully. They still have full time reprenstative offices. Direct democracy would get along without those afaik.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That makes sense

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks. I‘m glad I explained it ok. :) have a good one.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Brexit happened because the bri'ish are all a bunch of subhuman fascists. They all deep down wanted brexit because they hated foreigners more than they cared for themselves. All trolls had to do was bring that to the surface and give them the chance to actually act upon it.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And they are rather smelly

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And they eat beans on toast

[didn't you have beans on toast like a week ago] (shut up, mom that doesn't count)