Paul1405,

Meritocracy was posited as a functionalist theory for social organisation in which educational success is the outcome of ability and individual effort. For example, those with relatively higher IQ ratings and thus regarded as smarter would succeed because of their educational status rather than factors such as age, gender, wealth, etc.

Does that add to the understanding.

PS Actually reminds me of someone I might know ........ now what was his name?

Any policy can be hijacked & that's why we need Laws that curtail the exploitation of loopholes.
Calls for closing the loopholes would be a thousand times more sensible than going straight to the negative aspects of new policy. I have yet to hear Stan Grant advocating a lowering of the excessive salaries of bureaucrats including ABC journalists !

Well we could have a Meritocracy or we could have Victoria.

individual,

Dead right. It is idiotic. Elections are not supposed to be popularity contests; they are meant to produce people of 'merit'. Candidates are supposed to be selected by parties , on merit, and the ones with the most merit are elected.

Unfortunately, these days, people who look on politics as just another lucrative job, are mostly lacking in merit.

A 'meritocracy' is rule by "persons chosen not because of birth or wealth, but their superior talents or intellect". What could be fairer than that!

Anyone unhappy with that has a far bigger problem than just a lack of knowledge of basic English.

Australia, and the other Western countries, have not had a meritocracy for a long time, and sneering at the thought of having such a thing is the mark of an ignoramus who shoots off his mouth without thinking, usually influenced by professional whiners also lacking merit.

Squadron Leader West (aka Hasbeen nee Phil)

Sorry I don't get the joke.

Please explain for us who cannot fly.

abc journalist have been shown to be among the most incompetent or deceitful journalist in the world. It has taken Sky's Peta Credlin to uncover the Andrews government corruption and incompetence while other socialist simply provided a protection racket.