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What you quickly realize about the elites is that they are generally mediocrities that never had to go through the meritocracy gauntlet, have few moral qualms and lie, cheat and steal regularly. Yet they expect other people to act differently. This is what you call a leech, a parasite, or a rent-seeker.

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ManyKeys manykeys@npub.cash 15 hours ago

And yet, they put you in prison or murder you for not being an obedient cuck to the system that exploits every bit of you on their behalf.

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U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D 15 hours ago

They're only winning because people with merit sell their soul for fiat and status.

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Des Imoto マキシ desimoto@nostrplebs.com 15 hours ago

99.9% of the population is complicit. Little enforcers everywhere. Remember COVID?Even the stewardesses enjoyed enforcing the mask mandate. And the entire plane would clap. All of them.

The Daniel 🖖 daniel@ghostr.org 15 hours ago

That’s why we need to stop using their money and their words. When they call a human being “illegal,” by whose standards are they making that judgment? Not fucking mine.

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jgbtc jgettbtc@jgett.com 15 hours ago

They start off as meritocracies but over time become a closed group, changing the rules to gatekeep membership, and cutting themselves off from external feedback mechanisms that prevent group think, eventually devolving into mediocrities. Sound familiar?

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BitcoinconManolito 15 hours ago

And that is why democracy never works. The main goal of a ruler is to keep ruling, and since everyone's vote weighs equal in democracy, he manages to do that by increasing the share of dumb people who buy his lies or sell him their vote for pennies. Thus, the decline on education and the massive import of dull voters we are witnessing.

notstr 14 hours ago

Maybe that's why I can only seem to get along with software developers. Now AI is taking that away 😒

Jonathan 14 hours ago

You just described all of my clients. 🎯

Hard Money Herald 14 hours ago

The revolving door between government and corporate boards creates selection pressure for compliance over competence. When regulatory capture determines market winners, the meritocracy filter gets bypassed entirely. They're mediocrities because the system rewards rent-seeking over innovation. Which industries do you see most captured by this pattern?