If #PeteHegseth is NOT the best candidate for the job (FUCKING OBVS) under the #meritocracy rules under #Trump that would make ol' Petey a #DEI hire, would it not?

**Victoria Stuart** @persagen@mastodon.social · Mar 17 *

Mar 17 *

Victoria Stuart @persagen@mastodon.social

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#Musk #capitalism #billionaires #FarRight #fascists #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #Trumpists #WealthTax #AssetSeizure #SocialDemocracy

https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf

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#Musk #billionaires #FarRight #fascists #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #Trumpists #WealthTax #AssetSeizure #SocialDemocracy

https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf

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**Christoph Maier** @christophmaier@fediscience.org · Mar 13

Mar 13

Christoph Maier @christophmaier@fediscience.org

@larsweisbrod
A Working Class Hero is something to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMewtlmkV6c

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nobelprize_david-macmillan-on-scientists-ugcPost-7197887542480826368-3Yu1
#meritocracy #nepotism

"Scientists are the working-class noble community, and they are doing everything for the community."

Chemistry laureate David MacMillan on the role of scientists and their contributions to our society. He spoke to fellow Nobel Prize laureates May-Britt Moser and Serge Haroche at a recent Nobel Prize Dialogue.

Watch the full dialogue: https://lnkd.in/etYW5NKP

#NobelPrizeDialogue

Getting to the top of the mountain?
Pick your hill to die on:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4liPX-C79_/

Books:
https://humanismus-aktuell.de/francis-seeck-zugang-verwehrt/
https://www.robertworksfuller.com/books/somebodies-and-nobodies-overcoming-the-abuse-of-rank/
https://www.robertworksfuller.com/books/belonging-a-memoir/

<checking my notes from 28 Aug 2022>
Let's check if this gets past the Community Standards and content moderation Vogons to the recipient,
or whether they will just dismiss it as an elaborate prank instead of forwarding it to the Laureate Himself:

Ädel herre Macmillan,

You're my kind of hero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMewtlmkV6c

Your Mother Should Know …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAn6iDCpK5k
about British hereditary Nobility who served in uniform, and used the skills she acquired in the process for good effect to drive around hereditary Saudi Nobility on Her Estates all by Herself.

But do you know this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFLp_w6kH8

Cheers,
A Fly on the Wall at the Ivy League in Tübingen

**Terguruh** @terguruh@mastodon.social · Mar 7

Mar 7

Terguruh @terguruh@mastodon.social

s Meritocracy Still Alive in the Military?

Major Teddy Indra Wijaya’s promotion to Lieutenant Colonel has sparked controversy.

Is this a true success story or just another case of favoritism?
How transparent is the military’s promotion system?

Some say it’s well-deserved. Others sense something off.

What’s your take on this? Let’s discuss: https://mikkyoscarinosuluportfolio.blogspot.com/2025/03/kontroversi-kenaikan-pangkat-mayor.html

Mikky Oscarino SuluMikky Oscarino Sulu: KONTROVERSI KENAIKAN PANGKAT MAYOR TEDDY! ADA KEJANGGALAN?Kenaikan pangkat Mayor Teddy jadi Letkol menuai kritik! Apakah sesuai aturan atau ada kejanggalan? Baca selengkapnya di sini sebelum menarik kesimpula

#MilitaryPromotion #Meritocracy #Transparency

**Autiste à #woke** @ariane@tooting.ch · Mar 5

Mar 5

Autiste à #woke @ariane@tooting.ch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFUqCrmPC0

This caps it all for the storytelling about the lonely #entrepeneur or #artist who crawls out of her hole just by the strength of will and hard work, basically for the myth of our supposed #meritocracy. We already know that #HarryPotter is more a patchwork of preexisting children literature, wades in full #statusquo #individualism and #capitalism and is peppered with toxic #stereotypes. Now, we learn that the #JKR has never been poor, nor really disadvantaged.

YouTubeJ. K. Rowling: The Real StoryBy Caelan Conrad

**Mx. Alba** @MxAlba@blahaj.zone · Mar 2

Mar 2

Mx. Alba @MxAlba@blahaj.zone

The lie of #meritocracy exposed

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdJGw7PL/

vm.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day

**⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯** @cryptadamist@universeodon.com · Mar 1 *

Mar 1 *

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

The broligarch CEO of #Coinbase (#BrianArmstrong) was one of the largest donors to the 2024 election. His sister #KatherineArmstrongLoving works for #DOGE.

Is this the #meritocracy we were promised?

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-trump-musk-funding-foia-congress-transparency

#KatherineLoving #uspol #NerdReich

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**Gabriel N** @wtrmt@mastodon.social · Feb 26

Feb 26

Gabriel N @wtrmt@mastodon.social

@georgetakei

“The Discrete Charm of the Last Boomer Presidency”

#meritocracy

**Lila Hexen** @LilaHexen@todon.eu · Feb 23

Feb 23

Lila Hexen @LilaHexen@todon.eu

Black background. Centered at the top is the Fantifa symbol inside of an upright pink triangle.

Below it is a screenshot of a Facebook post by Evita Ellis posted February 19 at 4:35 PM. The post states "Shared by Phil Ross" with an image of light green text on a dark green background. "I see folks saying DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is being replaced by MEI (Merit, Excellence and Intelligence). From what I can see we're going back to REI (Racism, Exclusion and Intolerance).

Below the screenshot is white text against the black background: "Merit, excellence, and intelligence become hollow illusions when they rest on the lie that people of certain immutable traits are inherently unworthy. Those who rail against DEI initiatives aren’t fighting for meritocracy—they’re fighting to preserve a system of unearned power and entrenched favoritism designed to protect the white, cisheteropatriarchal, neurotypical colonizer class. Their cries against "diversity" are nothing more than desperation, a fear of genuine competition. Deep down, they know that without the crutch of privilege and the myth of supremacy, their dominance crumbles, revealing a legacy propped up by fraud, exclusion, and abuse rather than excellence or intellectual prowess."

#MEI #Meritocracy #DEI

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M. @mmol@mastodon.social · Feb 23

Feb 23

M. @mmol@mastodon.social

@TJ1001 And not to forget, all the poor #billionaires (who actually own the banks). They work soooo hard every day for the good of all of us, thank god #trump brings back real #meritocracy .

**⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯** @cryptadamist@universeodon.com · Feb 20 *

Feb 20 *

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ @cryptadamist@universeodon.com

Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick has “divested” his control over his firm #CantorFitzgerald by naming his two 20 something year old nepo baby sons to run one of america’s larger investment banks (and possibly the world’s largest provider of banking services for criminals and rogue nuclear states, because Cantor manages assets for #Tether).

welcome to the #meritocracy.

* bloomberge: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/howard-lutnick-taps-two-sons-three-business-heads-to-run-cantor
* more lutnick: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113086118854620924

#MAGA #DOGE #uspol

**Jeanne de Brigue** @Fedi@piaille.fr · Feb 20 *

Feb 20 *

Jeanne de Brigue @Fedi@piaille.fr

Diable positif : Elon Musk le self made man
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OrpKw8gG2vc&si=y0M7b3a6OZmEuE_j
#musk #uspol #meritocracy #freespeechisnothatespeech
Un excellent résumé qui debunke les mensonges de Musk #doge

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**Soozcat** @Soozcat@vmst.io · Feb 18

Feb 18

Soozcat @Soozcat@vmst.io

I can't take credit for this concept, since I found it elsewhere... BUT:

If you are proudly #MAGA and you used your status as a military #veteran to get additional consideration for the job you now have? My sibling in crust, you are what they call "a #DEI hire." Your proclaimed status as a member of a protected class got you preference over other job applicants who were just as qualified as you. If you have any scruples at all, quit your job and go find another one without disclosing that you served in the military. After all, YOU think we should live in a pure #meritocracy, right?

**Joshua M** @freedomtux@linuxrocks.online · Feb 13

Feb 13

Joshua M @freedomtux@linuxrocks.online

Great Tech Industry Survey of 2025

Think politics and tech shouldnt intersect? Fill out this survey. Think your stance on censorship represents all of FOSS? Take the survey. Want to cast a vote for anti-trump techbros - take it.

Hate @lunduke ? Vote that he isnt a trusted source of tech news.

The survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxBFQgfrAEl9LCbK4kyLlI2WyyKg7MRRBdrLQZIN4bZ6Cv0A/formResponse

Google DocsThe Great Tech Industry Demographic Survey of 2025Questions range from the technical... to the political and personal. The questions cover a wide variety of potential viewpoints. All questions are optional (only answer the ones which you feel comfortable with). There are a lot of questions — but they are all quick to answer. The more questions you answer, the better the data will be. Estimated time to answer all questions: Roughly 10 minutes. No account is necessary to take this survey. All responses are anonymous. Question order is randomized. Full results will be published by The Lunduke Journal after the conclusion of the survey.

#lunduke #lundukejournal #politicsandtech

**Sigismund Ninja** @sigismundninja@mastodon.nu · Feb 8

Feb 8

Sigismund Ninja @sigismundninja@mastodon.nu

If you're one if the sad fucks who actually believe that private corporate leadership and hierarchies used to be based on #meritocracy, and that by removing #DEI, some kind of meritocracy will reappear, you're about to get very disappointed.

#uspol

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**Victoria Stuart** @persagen@mastodon.social · Feb 6 *

Feb 6 *

Victoria Stuart @persagen@mastodon.social

Hostile Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy
https://inequality.org/article/hostile-corporate-democracy-takeover

* Elon Musk's infiltration of U.S. gov't

Comment: Musk is an idiot; h/e as world's wealthiest person he wields enormous power.
Musk's motivations are transparent: I'd argue that Ch. Koch is far more pernicious/dangerous/toxic/damaging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Money_(book)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains

#billionaires #oligarchy #meritocracy #Musk #Koch
#GOP #fascism #Trump
#capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure

Inequality.orgA Hostile Corporate Takeover of Our DemocracyNever before has one billionaire so thoroughly infiltrated our government and bent it to their will for personal gain.

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