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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:22 PM Original message |
The Meritocracy Myth = The American Dream? |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. That looks like an exellent book. If I were continuing sociology I would |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The Meritocracy Myth (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004) |
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Evergreen2U (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hits the nail on the head |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Somehow equality never enters into the equation. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. What kinf of equality are you talking about? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Where is the equity in a system that is OK with a |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. where is the equity in a system that rewards sloth and hard work the same n/t |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How is the equity in the U.S. economy working for you? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Ooo good comeback. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The point that I trying to make, the plain meaning of meritocracy |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Red Herring, bryant. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Looking for Equality as a societal goal is akin to communism |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yeah okay, why don't we cross that bridge when we have equality of opportunity? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Equality of base opportunity should be the goal.... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. So, if one guy is a lazy bum... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Ask him to explain Windows Vista and see how far he can get. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Sounds like your friend has been snorting some ants. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. K & R |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-09-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. America is the land of limited opportunity. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Out of idle curiosity |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thank you! I'd say, none of them. In the US we have the myth though. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. in other countries you aren't judged cruelly because you weren't born into the elite |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Would Disagree. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Great post, especially about the teeth. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. There is no such thing. Nations can attempt to come close, though. Social Democracies come closest. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. Idiocracy = America |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. If it is reasonable to say ... |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. Simple but definitive disproof of meritocracy: |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks for the post |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. anyone with eyes in their head must know that |
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