Meritocracy

Andrew Demaris Lan Xang Dynasty Minister of Weapons Development It’s been fifty-two years since the Second War for Empire devastated the world. Obviously a result of democracy, for everyone knows that governments run by the common people are doomed to fail, the only beneficial thing about the wars was the creation of our current Lan Xang Dynasty. Sure the Brazilians were able to join together after being lead by Field Marshal da Cunha, but after decades of elections and a mutual understanding…

person is born into their roles or categories. This system seems unfair to a first world citizen like myself. The next notable system is the class system. This system is open, meaning that anyone can move between a class by marriage or education. Meritocracy is the most difficult system to pull off only because it's not possible to have a perfect system that is ruled by one's good deeds alone. These different systems showed me the difference between the worlds categorizations. When talking…

and engage in political actions to start social change. Marx believes that the reason that political actions do not occur is because of the dominant ideology of meritocracy. Dominant ideology is defined as a set of beliefs and actions that strengthens the political, social and economic interests of those in power. In this case, meritocracy results in false consciousness, an attitude that opposes the ideas of their objective position, to escape the inferior social class. Because individuals…

fell victim to smaller, local narratives that disputed his thesis. Wood also did not take into account the impact that the radicalism of the American Revolution had on women and blacks, and how such radicalism potentially delayed the adoption of meritocracy in regards to these groups. Despite this, The Radicalism of the American Revolution remains a great work and worthy of deeper…

Distant learning is becoming a more popular way of learning. Is distant learning a good thing or a bad thing. Barszcz in “Can you be Educated from Distance” gives examples of both advantages and disadvantages of distant learning. Imagine you getting your degree in and never going to college. “Preparing yourself as a students, more than other, for lifelong learning- for their jobs,their careers and their personal growth.”(Barszcz 160) In agreement with Barszcz distant learning has many…

The Tang Dynasty’s political philosophy, meritocracy is one of the most exceptional, innovative methods of choosing government officials. The dynasty shows it’s trustworthy and fairness to the people of China by giving people even the peasants and the traders a chance to see if they have the skills…

“What the political scientist Michael Harrington wrote back in 1962 is still true: most people who are poor are poor because “they made the mistake of being born to the wrong parents.” The middle class isn’t all that mobile, either: only twenty per cent of people born into the middle quintile ever make it into the top one. And although we think of U.S. society as archetypally open, mobility here is lower than in most European countries.” (“The Mobility Myth,” James Surowiecki) The general…

This paper provides an insight reasoning on the wealth disparity in the United States. After all the social movements that have upraised over the years for equality. The wealth disparity remain the same. It continues to be intertwine with politically and racially. Corporation increases the wealth disparity with their political agenda in mind. According to Shapiro, Thomas in the article, "Race, Homeownership, and wealth" he defines the two as followed; Wealth is defined as " the total value of a…

I do think if Napoleon did not fight the battle of Waterloo slavery could have potentially abolished slavery earlier, specifically in Europe. It would be difficult to say for the Americas. I also believe meritocracy would have been more prominent throughout Europe, this leading to more efficiency. Since Napoleon was a supporter of selecting based on ability, inefficient nobilities would no longer cause negative externalities on the battle field and in the economy…

Class is increasingly viewed as again relevant to our understanding of British society, past and present. Complex approaches to class, class prejudice, meritocracy, and class boundaries are not remotely new. However, new political concerns over inequality and the emergence of the revolutionary 2013 Savage-Bourdieu model of class stratified in layers by types of capital has seemingly sparked a minor renaissance in sociological studies, political policy, and punditry.1 Within the last five years…