econ, disability
i think a lot about "meritocracy"
i think a lot about how the "meritocratic" promise of our society is "if you work hard enough you can give yourself all the opportunities you like"
i think about how, even if that were true (it's not), disabled people who can't hold jobs are permanently barred from those opportunities for something over which they will never have any control
"meritocracy" indeed
a literal cat 
econ, disability
@typhlosion@awoo.space the realization i had when thinking about meritocracy as a concept before is that the underlying principle of a meritocracy is that some people are inherently worth more than other people and like. fuck that.
econ, disability
@InspectorCaracal meritocracy is only just if your metric for merit is based on something you're fully in control over
i haven't thought of any examples yet
econ, disability
@typhlosion@awoo.space I don't think there's a single instance that doesn't rely on judging one person as having more value than another because that's what the merit part means
econ, disability
@InspectorCaracal oh also if your system of merit isn't just transparently a way to get everyone to hold up existing prejudices