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What is the biggest lesson that employment has taught you? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 68 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I learnt meritocracy is a joke long before I discovered that it was literally invented to be a joke.

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  • [โ€“] 16 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    it's the same story of 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' too

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    At least meritocracy makes sense vs the physically impossible bootstraps one.

    Also, i thought ghengis khan was all about meritocracy. That and marrying off his daughters and sending the kings to die.

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