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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich<p>Fairness Across the World <a href="https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/3184837/DP%2006.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bi</span><span class="invisible">tstream/handle/11250/3184837/DP%2006.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y</span></a><br>"… the meritocratic <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairness</span></a> view is not universally accepted, and plays only a marginal role in many countries, especially outside of the Western world.<br>… <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> is particularly prominent in richer countries<br>… people’s belief about the source of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> is crucial for whether they consider inequality in their society to be fair, but we also establish that these beliefs are particularly important in countries where people endorse the meritocratic fairness views<br>… It appears plausible that the meritocratic fairness view is conducive to economic <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a><br>… cross-country differences in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/redistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redistribution</span></a> through taxes and transfers also are associated with differences in fairness views, with more redistribution in countries with a higher share of meritocrats, which highlights the importance of incorporating <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/heterogeneity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heterogeneity</span></a> in both fairness preferences and beliefs when studying the political economy of redistribution<br>… people’s view on redistribution is primarily driven by fairness considerations, the perception that inequality in their country is unfair, rather than <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> considerations"<br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ExperimentalEcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExperimentalEcon</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The end goal is to make education a privilege for children born into wealth while destroying the meritocracy that is at the center of the American Dream."<br>-Historian Timothy Snyder, on Donald Trump's order dismantling the Department of Education</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meme</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a></p>
Joel VanderWerf 🐧<p>Well, it's been another meritorious week for the meritocrats.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meritocracy</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Canada’s Inequality Driven by Billionaire Wealth<br><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-wealth-inequality-billionaires-housing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-wea</span><span class="invisible">lth-inequality-billionaires-housing</span></a></p><p>Aggressively tax corporations/billionaires to achieve:<br><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_d</span><span class="invisible">emocracy.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affordability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a></p><p>🇨🇦 Shared Future: Uphold Cdn Values in 2025 Federal Election<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmrrFxNnX6YhDsgo_44Roq-Qgdjd3UxueaGTqIAYcVw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1bm</span><span class="invisible">rrFxNnX6YhDsgo_44Roq-Qgdjd3UxueaGTqIAYcVw</span></a></p><p>CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate</p>
Martin Settle<p>I'm shortly going to be attending a webinar, and had advance thoughts:</p><p>DEI practices are 100% about hiring based on merit. They require us to account for systemic barriers and identify and control our unconscious bias *so that* we can identify and hire the best person.</p><p>That the best person is not always (or often) a complacent white male is not a result of DEI. Speaking as a white guy to other white men: It's time to level up.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.bdms.ca/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.bdms.ca/tags/HR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.bdms.ca/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>The Trump Administration: Government by Billionaires, for Billionaires<br><a href="https://cepr.net/publications/the-trump-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.net/publications/the-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_for_Economic_and_Policy_Research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_fo</span><span class="invisible">r_Economic_and_Policy_Research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwoWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoWords</span></a> : Elon Musk] Palantir suggests 'common operating system' for UK govt data<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/palantir_covid_inquiry_comments" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/25/pal</span><span class="invisible">antir_covid_inquiry_comments</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43470010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3470010</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwoWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoWords</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnvironmentalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRights</span></a><br>CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate</p>
Steve Paradis<p>Republicans used the Democratic elite's contempt for the working class to win elections, but now they're doing the same thing <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/USPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPoli</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/elitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elitism</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1UCZqTe8k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tv1UCZqTe8</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Delete X / Twitter</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetSeizure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDemocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_d</span><span class="invisible">emocracy.pdf</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFUqCrmPC0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=NeFUqCrmPC</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p>This caps it all for the storytelling about the lonely <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/entrepeneur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entrepeneur</span></a> or <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> who crawls out of her hole just by the strength of will and hard work, basically for the myth of our supposed <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a>. We already know that <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a> is more a patchwork of preexisting children literature, wades in full <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/statusquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statusquo</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/individualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>individualism</span></a> and <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> and is peppered with toxic <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/stereotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stereotypes</span></a>. Now, we learn that the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/JKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JKR</span></a> has never been poor, nor really disadvantaged.</p>
Mx. Alba :tranarchy_punk_transgender:<p>The lie of <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/meritocracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meritocracy</a><span> exposed<br><br></span><a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJGw7PL/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJGw7PL/</a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>The broligarch CEO of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coinbase</span></a> (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BrianArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianArmstrong</span></a>) was one of the largest donors to the 2024 election. His sister <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KatherineArmstrongLoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KatherineArmstrongLoving</span></a> works for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>.</p><p>Is this the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> we were promised?</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-trump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/doge-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KatherineLoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KatherineLoving</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NerdReich</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchy</span></a></p>
Gabriel N<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> </p><p>“The Discrete Charm of the Last Boomer Presidency”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a></p>
M.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@TJ1001" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TJ1001</span></a></span> And not to forget, all the poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> (who actually own the banks). They work soooo hard every day for the good of all of us, thank god <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> brings back real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> .</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Commerce Secretary <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> has “divested” his control over his firm <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CantorFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CantorFitzgerald</span></a> by naming his two 20 something year old nepo baby sons to run one of america’s larger investment banks (and possibly the world’s largest provider of banking services for criminals and rogue nuclear states, because Cantor manages assets for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>).</p><p>welcome to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a>.</p><p>* bloomberge: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/howard-lutnick-taps-two-sons-three-business-heads-to-run-cantor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-19/howard-lutnick-taps-two-sons-three-business-heads-to-run-cantor</span></a><br>* more lutnick: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113086118854620924" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/113086118854620924</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Jeanne de Brigue 🧶🎶🪥💀<p>Diable positif : Elon Musk le self made man <br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=OrpKw8gG2vc&amp;si=y0M7b3a6OZmEuE_j" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=OrpKw8gG2v</span><span class="invisible">c&amp;si=y0M7b3a6OZmEuE_j</span></a><br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/freespeechisnothatespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeechisnothatespeech</span></a><br>Un excellent résumé qui debunke les mensonges de Musk <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
Soozcat<p>I can't take credit for this concept, since I found it elsewhere... BUT: </p><p>If you are proudly <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> and you used your status as a military <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/veteran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veteran</span></a> to get additional consideration for the job you now have? My sibling in crust, you are what they call "a <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> hire." Your proclaimed status as a member of a protected class got you preference over other job applicants who were just as qualified as you. If you have any scruples at all, quit your job and go find another one without disclosing that you served in the military. After all, YOU think we should live in a pure <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a>, right?</p>
Joshua M 🇦🇺<p>Great Tech Industry Survey of 2025</p><p>Think politics and tech shouldnt intersect? Fill out this survey. Think your stance on censorship represents all of FOSS? Take the survey. Want to cast a vote for anti-trump techbros - take it.</p><p>Hate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@lunduke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lunduke</span></a></span> ? Vote that he isnt a trusted source of tech news.</p><p>The survey:</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxBFQgfrAEl9LCbK4kyLlI2WyyKg7MRRBdrLQZIN4bZ6Cv0A/formResponse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLScxBFQgfrAEl9LCbK4kyLlI2WyyKg7MRRBdrLQZIN4bZ6Cv0A/formResponse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/lunduke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lunduke</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/lundukejournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lundukejournal</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/politicsandtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicsandtech</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/politicsoftech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicsoftech</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/usersurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usersurvey</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survey</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystem</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/identitypolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identitypolitics</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/nano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nano</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/linuxfoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxfoundation</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/redhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redhat</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/richardstallman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>richardstallman</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/rms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rms</span></a></p>
Sigismund Ninja<p>If you're one if the sad fucks who actually believe that private corporate leadership and hierarchies used to be based on <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a>, and that by removing <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>, some kind of meritocracy will reappear, you're about to get very disappointed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Hostile Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy<br><a href="https://inequality.org/article/hostile-corporate-democracy-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inequality.org/article/hostile</span><span class="invisible">-corporate-democracy-takeover</span></a></p><p>* Elon Musk's infiltration of U.S. gov't</p><p>Comment: Musk is an idiot; h/e as world's wealthiest person he wields enormous power.<br>Musk's motivations are transparent: I'd argue that Ch. Koch is far more pernicious/dangerous/toxic/damaging</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Money_(book)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Mon</span><span class="invisible">ey_(book)</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrac</span><span class="invisible">y_in_Chains</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetSeizure</span></a></p>