Even soldiers in the military are getting laid off now. Dying for wall street and corporates is something AI can do better and cheaper.
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You forgot Germanic engineering
Germanic System*TM
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What Kishida talking abt?
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What Kishida talking abt?
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Easy to say shit, very hard to actually prove that they means what they say. Really everyone knows that the leadership of the EU and Japan are a bunch to cucks so ultimately it’s either put up or STFU because this saying crap and doing nothing routine is getting old
There is a difference based on what your parameters of "meritocracy" are. If its simply recognizing someone for their talents and giving them a job commensurate to their talent, then every society in the world had meritocracy and China was not unique. Any general on the field can recognize a brave soldier and give them an officership, after which they rise through the ranks and likewise any court official can recognize a servant is sharper than they look and teach them to read/write, after which they begin their ascension through the court. What set China apart from the rest of the world was precisely its examination system.
My history on classical Greece is hazy, but for Rome people only had two avenues to reach a position of power outside of being born into it. It was either joining the military or being sponsored by a member of the nobility, ie. patronage. So yes, in essence "meritocracy" was practiced, but the nobility were the ones having final say on who would rise unless you were charismatic enough as a military leader to lead your own coup.
What set China apart from Rome during periods of dynastic collapse or barbarian conquest, was that by basing promotion on the examinations and creating a class of bureacrats, meritocracy was institutionalized. Successive empires after Western Rome collapsed claimed to the be the new Rome, but never emulated its system succesfully. When a successive dynasty overtook the previous or if the barbarians after finishing their conquest settled down to rule, they had a complete guidebook already laid out for them on how to administer the realm.
Actually HK prisons are probably the best in Asia. Probably even better than the US. Stuff like that is super uncommon. The biggest problem is guard abuse, but is there any country where that isn’t an issue?
The rhetoric is domestic political spinning. These people will make an U-Turn as soon as Trump leaves and everything will revert back to the usual narrative.