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Culture, Politics July 30, 2015

A Straw Man Painted Black and White: The Political Folly of South Africa

… but just the sweetest things when there’s attention to be had.

Translated FAQs

Thanks to the work of many volunteer translators, we now have: The Meritocracy FAQ in Spanish, German, Serbian and Turkish. The Inheritance Tax FAQ in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Serbian and Turkish. Thank you to: Dante Fenix (ES), Gereon (DE), Break Rules (SR), Mario Silvestre (PT) and Devrim Yozgat (TR) for their respective translations. Are you […]

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The freedoms we currently enjoy came about because good people stood up and created better…

No system is so simple that “just shrinking it” will automatically fix social issues. Fixing…

Research has exposed the classroom system as archaic; the school system has failed to adapt…

The threat of your kids being disadvantaged might motivate you to work, but this kind…

1,100 billionaires have double the assets of the world's poorest 2.5 billion people. The vast…

The frauds who caused the 2008 crisis were not meritorious experts; they were privileged cronies…

There is no free market. The markets are completely captured—dominated by cartels of one sort…

Do you really think all doctors are corrupt? Or just an elite few who, by…

If someone builds a hoard by screwing people over, he hasn't earned anything. It is…

The issue here is how you define equal representation. Meritocracy achieves equal representation where democracy…

Do you really think meritocrats would have started the Iraq War? Almost every single independent…

A meritorious person is elected by those qualified to judge merit for that specific position…

The history of human beings is a history of advancement and social improvement. Every aspect…

People will still engage and cooperate with other types, but it will happen in a…

Is this another one of those situations where the husband owns 100% of the family's…

Communists also wore hats, ate sausage, and used cutlery. Does that make hats, sausages, and…

Bear in mind that most truly large businesses are corporations owned by shareholders. The death…

Loopholes can be closed. It should be a crime for one family to accumulate dangerous…

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A Straw Man Painted Black and White: The Political Folly of South Africa

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Doesn't government always make things worse?

What about big government? Is Meritocracy going to shrink government?

Why do you think throwing money at education will improve it?

Won't preventing inheritance undermine people's work ethic when parents are no longer able to save up for their kids?

Isn't it my choice to determine how I dispose of my assets?

Didn't economists cause the 2008 financial crisis? Won't Meritocracy just put the country in the hands of fraudulent experts like this?

Doesn't Meritocracy violate the sanctity of the free market?

Won't experts just vote for their own self-interest? What's to stop all the doctors from being corrupt and voting themselves more money?

Most family fortunes were not earned through contributions to society, but don't you still think it is immoral to seize their wealth?

Does Meritocracy care about equal representation?

What if the government just wastes all the revenue from inheritance tax on pointless wars?

Can't media propaganda just trick people into thinking that someone has merit, when he actually does not?

I was always taught that democracy is the only good political system. Why do you think we can improve on democracy?

Isn't there a risk that splitting up psychological types will create a bunch of echo chambers, where people are denied valuable growth experience with other types?

What about when a spouse dies? Are you going to kick the family out of the house?

Isn't giving people free housing, education, and healthcare communist?

What would happen to a large business if the person who created it died suddenly? Who would become the owner if there were no spouse or children? Would the state be able to own businesses?

Can't unscrupulous parents just give wealth to their kids before death, avoiding the Millionaire Estate Tax? How will Meritocracy handle legal loopholes?

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