A psychopath who knows how to lie, bully, and con people is not meritorious under any circumstances. He’s just a scumbag criminal. The errand boys of the privileged blue bloods don’t have merit; they have criminal tendencies. A lack of a conscience is not merit; it is the opposite of merit. A willingness to screw over your fellow man is not merit; it is disgusting and immoral. Most of us have no desire to screw our communities, but for some reason the positions of power in our society are held by liars and thieves who constantly screw people over.
Never fall for the lie that the greediest people have the most merit. A schoolyard bully may get your lunch money, but did he earn it? Thievery isn’t merit. The difference between a parasite and an honest person is that a parasite takes without giving back. An honest person is happy to help, while a parasite never helps. A parasite uses people, and his wealth is therefore illegitimate. His “customers” should actually be called “victims”. The Goldman Sachs investment advisors told their clients to buy stocks that Goldman Sachs was secretly betting would fail. Meritocracy removes these psychopaths from power. A person consumed by greed can never be meritorious and has no place in any position of power.
