Today I read a comment in the papers about how meritocracy makes not a fair society. The statement stumped me but I was not in a position to stop and ponder and the meaning only came by at the end of the day.
I took my kids to the library today. It is one of those places where we could get our usual seats, unlike the rest of the country where you seem to be always competing with someone. In the most basic sense, we have became beasts of meritocracy. We dash into the train for that final space among many, we squeeze our way into lifts already almost bursting with people, we do it day in and out. Had we stopped to think and reflect on our actions would we like what we see? I can only hope that those of us who have been acting like these 'beasts' are too busy to do so, cause if reflecting does nothing to reform our actions- we can only question to what end our souls have come to. Which then brings me back to my first question. Why does meritocracy beget not a fair society?
