Well, that's just one example of one good CEO. I'm sure their are corrupt CEOs in Japan too. However, schooling in Japan seems way different than in America. They instill qualities of accountability and

In the case of business, "conduct deserving reward." Someone who works well and with quality has merit. In this case, the CEO demonstrates fiscal responsibility. He was clearly the man for the

What you say is true. Additionally, in the realm of business, merit is more rewarded than it is not. The cream rises to the top more often than not, but sometimes the shit does too. When stool floats,

"a true genius rigs the game so they always win" Does that mean that everyone should stop being good at what they do? Is it evidence that we throw the baby out with the bathwater? The baby being

"Anti-competitive practices often yield outsized rewards." That sounds right, it's why monopolies are attractive to businessmen. There are ethical and non-ethical ways to have a monopoly. A monopoly

Al Capone made money selling liquor in a moderated and governed system. It's why so many of those in his employ & law enforcement died. If it were not moderated or governed, everyone could sell liquor

"and can (sometimes) get your thumbs cut off." That speaks to the actions of tyrants, and tyrants don't often die of old age.

(a.) the government itself is nothing but a corporation = true (b.) and corporations are NOT MERITOCRACIES = true There is a caveat to (b.), although corporations are not meritocracies, that doesn't mean

See, you are focusing on the very top CEOs that government keeps artificially afloat with corporate welfare. And this is a prime example of an entity that is not meritorious. In "realityville,"

See, there is a difference between the country and everything else. The less healthy the people and corporations, the more the government has to feed off them to maintain its survival, and the government

John Ehrlichman was a scumbag, no doubt. You can't just throw competence out because TPTB use blackmailed pawns to do their bidding. The world still needs competence if we are to have any merit as a species

Not with regards to government. If you see a competent business or business person, that is evidence of a meritocracy. If someone has built a successful business and it has not failed, generally, this

The systems teaching this are poisoning the well to discredit party A based on their skin color and to credit party B based on their skin color. These caste-like credits and debits (or merits and demerits)

No doubt, raising children is one of the biggest challenges and the most important duty of parents, and there is no cookie-cutter way of doing this. So many decisions get made. A lot of the time, people

Critical race theory teaches black children they are permanently oppressed, and if they believe this, it robs them of their agency and capacity. They will grow up on the dole thinking that they have no

Good call, is this the part?

This and this might be more helpful.

Can't recall.

Yep, there are basically freer vs. less free markets.

Only in a FREE-MARKET.And we do not have such a thing at the moment. Hmm, I think we may have lost the plot. I realize ideas are bendy and there are multiple ways of viewing things but somehow I've managed