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In France, Enlightenment ideals replaced monarchy with democracy during the French Revolution (1789–1799). But this system soon favored wealthy elites, devolving into oligarchies under the Directory. Power shifted again with Napoleon’s rise, undermining the meritocratic goals of the revolution. 2/4
January 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In France, Enlightenment ideals replaced monarchy with democracy during the French Revolution (1789–1799). But this system soon favored wealthy elites, devolving into oligarchies under the Directory. Power shifted again with Napoleon’s rise, undermining the meritocratic goals of the revolution. 2/4
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Documents like the U.S. Constitution, while based on Enlightenment principles, failed to create a true meritocracy. Limited suffrage (initially for white male property owners) & systemic privilege ensured leadership often served wealth. Equal access to education & opportunity was also absent. 3/4
January 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Documents like the U.S. Constitution, while based on Enlightenment principles, failed to create a true meritocracy. Limited suffrage (initially for white male property owners) & systemic privilege ensured leadership often served wealth. Equal access to education & opportunity was also absent. 3/4
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The Enlightenment (17th–18th century) saw Voltaire, Rousseau & Kant push for reason-based governance inspired by Platonic ideals. Revolutions like the American & French upended monarchies, inspiring documents like the U.S. Constitution, but true meritocracy failed as wealth & power dominated. 1/4
January 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Enlightenment (17th–18th century) saw Voltaire, Rousseau & Kant push for reason-based governance inspired by Platonic ideals. Revolutions like the American & French upended monarchies, inspiring documents like the U.S. Constitution, but true meritocracy failed as wealth & power dominated. 1/4
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Top earners for the Windsor family #abolishthemonarchy
January 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Top earners for the Windsor family #abolishthemonarchy
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What happens when truth becomes a collective goal? Open debate and reasoned inquiry replace emotional arguments. A society valuing logic over dogma lays the foundation for progress, ensuring merit—not inherited beliefs—shapes the future. Will you be a truth seeker?
January 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What happens when truth becomes a collective goal? Open debate and reasoned inquiry replace emotional arguments. A society valuing logic over dogma lays the foundation for progress, ensuring merit—not inherited beliefs—shapes the future. Will you be a truth seeker?
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Plato (427–347 BC) founded the Academy to train philosopher-kings in reason & justice, as outlined in The Republic. Socrates was his ideal leader. Though the Academy influenced thinkers for centuries, it failed to establish governance due to Athens’ preference for democracy & later Rome’s autocracy.
January 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Plato (427–347 BC) founded the Academy to train philosopher-kings in reason & justice, as outlined in The Republic. Socrates was his ideal leader. Though the Academy influenced thinkers for centuries, it failed to establish governance due to Athens’ preference for democracy & later Rome’s autocracy.
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Why Goethe? His works delve into the eternal struggle between finite limitations & infinite potential. In Faust, Goethe captures the dialectical process of becoming, reflecting humanity’s rational & intellectual pursuit of ultimate truth beyond the material world. See more:
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Grand Masters: Goethe
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January 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Why Goethe? His works delve into the eternal struggle between finite limitations & infinite potential. In Faust, Goethe captures the dialectical process of becoming, reflecting humanity’s rational & intellectual pursuit of ultimate truth beyond the material world. See more:
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 7
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 7
January 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 7
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 7
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"Why Richard Dawkins Does Not Understand God"
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Why Richard Dawkins Does Not Understand God
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January 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Why Richard Dawkins Does Not Understand God"
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 6
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 6
January 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 6
#BookSky #bookskychallenge #bookchallenge #20books20days
Day 6
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How can we get back true equality of opportunity? Dismantle hierarchical systems built on unearned privilege. Promote equality of opportunity through policies that ensure education, healthcare, and basic needs are accessible to all, allowing merit to emerge naturally without systemic suppression.
January 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How can we get back true equality of opportunity? Dismantle hierarchical systems built on unearned privilege. Promote equality of opportunity through policies that ensure education, healthcare, and basic needs are accessible to all, allowing merit to emerge naturally without systemic suppression.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
5/20
January 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20
5/20
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Did you know that, similar to NDEs, OBEs and astral projection are the ultimate evidence that reality is not material? It changes you to realise you are not trapped within your brain or your flesh. Consciousness is dimensionless, infinite, and free. Base reality exists within you—learn to access it.
January 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Did you know that, similar to NDEs, OBEs and astral projection are the ultimate evidence that reality is not material? It changes you to realise you are not trapped within your brain or your flesh. Consciousness is dimensionless, infinite, and free. Base reality exists within you—learn to access it.
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What can you do to build a better future? Lead by example: embody the principles of true meritocracy in your own life. Value logic, cultivate your talents, & champion fairness in your community. Collective change begins with individuals who align their actions with the ideals of justice and reason.
January 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
What can you do to build a better future? Lead by example: embody the principles of true meritocracy in your own life. Value logic, cultivate your talents, & champion fairness in your community. Collective change begins with individuals who align their actions with the ideals of justice and reason.
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Society flourishes when talent and insight guide progress. By cultivating potential in every corner, we unlock a future where ability leads and justice prevails.
January 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Society flourishes when talent and insight guide progress. By cultivating potential in every corner, we unlock a future where ability leads and justice prevails.
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10/10 “If elections changed anything, they would be forbidden!” -Tucholsky
There are no "good elites" or "bad elites", there are just elites who look out for eachothers interest, this is the supreme con trick which has subjugated humanity since the first kingdoms and nations.
There are no "good elites" or "bad elites", there are just elites who look out for eachothers interest, this is the supreme con trick which has subjugated humanity since the first kingdoms and nations.
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
10/10 “If elections changed anything, they would be forbidden!” -Tucholsky
There are no "good elites" or "bad elites", there are just elites who look out for eachothers interest, this is the supreme con trick which has subjugated humanity since the first kingdoms and nations.
There are no "good elites" or "bad elites", there are just elites who look out for eachothers interest, this is the supreme con trick which has subjugated humanity since the first kingdoms and nations.
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9/10 Nothing significant has changed since medieval times, the feudal Lords are born amongst eachother, stay with eachother, marry eachother, pay eachother, and perpetuate eachothers power.
Any threat of actual change will threaten their neat paradigm where, no matter what, they get richer
Any threat of actual change will threaten their neat paradigm where, no matter what, they get richer
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
9/10 Nothing significant has changed since medieval times, the feudal Lords are born amongst eachother, stay with eachother, marry eachother, pay eachother, and perpetuate eachothers power.
Any threat of actual change will threaten their neat paradigm where, no matter what, they get richer
Any threat of actual change will threaten their neat paradigm where, no matter what, they get richer
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5/10 This applies to wider society; privileged elite at the top, resistant to demotion, blocks social mobility and replacement by Meritocrats. Negative selection is deliberately designed and perpetuated to maintain the power of over-promoted elites.
We MUST replace these systems with Meritocracy
We MUST replace these systems with Meritocracy
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
5/10 This applies to wider society; privileged elite at the top, resistant to demotion, blocks social mobility and replacement by Meritocrats. Negative selection is deliberately designed and perpetuated to maintain the power of over-promoted elites.
We MUST replace these systems with Meritocracy
We MUST replace these systems with Meritocracy
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3/10 Incompetent leaders become toxic, hinder progress and cost companies, those overpromoted ones usually realise their incompetence but cling to positions for the salary and perks
"Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence" -Laurence J. Peter
"Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence" -Laurence J. Peter
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
3/10 Incompetent leaders become toxic, hinder progress and cost companies, those overpromoted ones usually realise their incompetence but cling to positions for the salary and perks
"Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence" -Laurence J. Peter
"Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence" -Laurence J. Peter
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2/10 Peter Principle; In a hierarchy, individuals tend to rise to a level of responsibility above their competence.
Good workers are promoted until they exceed their talent, ending up in positions they are not competent for. Donald Trump is the archetypal example of this principle come to life
Good workers are promoted until they exceed their talent, ending up in positions they are not competent for. Donald Trump is the archetypal example of this principle come to life
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2/10 Peter Principle; In a hierarchy, individuals tend to rise to a level of responsibility above their competence.
Good workers are promoted until they exceed their talent, ending up in positions they are not competent for. Donald Trump is the archetypal example of this principle come to life
Good workers are promoted until they exceed their talent, ending up in positions they are not competent for. Donald Trump is the archetypal example of this principle come to life
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1/10 Stupid people believe themselves smarter than they are, too stupid to realise how stupid they are
Smart people aren't smart enough to know how smart they are, underestimating themselves.
Understanding this law is more integral to the survival of humanity than understanding physical phenomena.
Smart people aren't smart enough to know how smart they are, underestimating themselves.
Understanding this law is more integral to the survival of humanity than understanding physical phenomena.
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1/10 Stupid people believe themselves smarter than they are, too stupid to realise how stupid they are
Smart people aren't smart enough to know how smart they are, underestimating themselves.
Understanding this law is more integral to the survival of humanity than understanding physical phenomena.
Smart people aren't smart enough to know how smart they are, underestimating themselves.
Understanding this law is more integral to the survival of humanity than understanding physical phenomena.
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5/8 Then there’s cronyism, the art of rewarding one’s sycophants, allies, and friends with positions of power. It’s a system designed to elevate mediocrity, sidelining true talent. Unmeritorious cronies are favored over outsiders with actual skill, and this inevitably leads to disastrous outcomes
January 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
5/8 Then there’s cronyism, the art of rewarding one’s sycophants, allies, and friends with positions of power. It’s a system designed to elevate mediocrity, sidelining true talent. Unmeritorious cronies are favored over outsiders with actual skill, and this inevitably leads to disastrous outcomes
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4/8 America’s leaders have refused to implement policies like a 100% inheritance tax, which would dismantle these inherited power structures. Instead, they lean toward 0% inheritance tax, ensuring the aristocracy of wealth remains intact
January 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
4/8 America’s leaders have refused to implement policies like a 100% inheritance tax, which would dismantle these inherited power structures. Instead, they lean toward 0% inheritance tax, ensuring the aristocracy of wealth remains intact
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3/8 Nepotism, the practice of handing power and privilege to one’s offspring, cements the elites stranglehold on society. The rich ensure their children inherit their wealth and their influence, regardless of the heirs' competence. This is why the wealthy enjoy absurdly disproportionate success
January 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
3/8 Nepotism, the practice of handing power and privilege to one’s offspring, cements the elites stranglehold on society. The rich ensure their children inherit their wealth and their influence, regardless of the heirs' competence. This is why the wealthy enjoy absurdly disproportionate success