11 Oct 2022 1:46 pm
At present, the Repubs are better than Dems. Just barely. Theres not much difference. Blind partisanship is lazy and stupidZeets2 » 11 Oct 2022, 1:31 pm » wrote: ↑ I absolutely DO support meritocracy combined with fair competition, neither of which are the beliefs of today's liberals.
What has changed since the turn of the century is that liberal government now operates at the behest of the largest corporations, who control policy with their lobbying efforts (bribes) to individuals politicians who curry favor in return for their wealth. This is corruption at the highest level, and is NOT reminiscent of ANYTHING that resembles laissez-faire. It's nothing more than the fact that liberal politicians have discovered the ability to make themselves far more wealthy doing the bidding of the multinational, multi-billion dollar corporations than they ever could fighting for the poor and middle class, which include the vast majority of small businesses who receive punitive legislation against them according to the desires of those huge corporations that enforce UNFAIR competition that provide favoritism to them to stifle the growth of their competition and keep them alone at the top of the heap.
Meritocracy is merely an afterthought for a fascist government, just as it is within liberalism.