Meritocracy Is A Myth - A Look at Pierre Bourdieu´s Forms of Capital I TheSaneSociety

Chapters

0:00 Introduction
1:31 Economic Capital
2:41 Cultural Capital
7:06 Social Capital

Bibliography

Bourdieu, Pierre - The Forms of Capital
Fuchs-Heinritz, Werner - Pierre Bourdieu: Eine Einführung

#meritocracy #JeffBezos #Capital

[concernedcitizen]

I think you make concepts that seem very complicated very accessible- Thanks

[sunphoenix]

I think the Myth of meritocracy is that it doesn't work for short term growth. It only works if you look at the big picture and respect everyone, not just for potential capital you get, not just by keeping consumers and workers happy, but by investing in areas that are sustainable to the economy. Things like rehabilitation, welfare that gets people to be self sufficient and reduces societal stresses in a way that isn't numbing people.

[purplepanda]

very good video- you explain these types of capital extremely well and do not make it overly complicated.

[theinfodump]

I’m glad I found this video! After I saw tik tok about this I’ve been obsessed with it! Meritocracy can be so degrading to those who never could have even won.

[desi_anarch]

Iv been thinking hard about this and this filla the gap perfectly. Glad i stumbled on this channel

[oleinfidel]

My rambling observations: Everything you state here is true, in varying degrees. That said, it is realistically achievable for a person of humble 'capital', directly by employing their personal intelligence and/or work ethic, and/or ambition, to acquire 'capital' in all of it's forms.

Conversely, one can be born into vast 'capital' and stagnate due to low intelligence, poor work ethic and low ambition.

Part of the problem for me, is that increasingly we as human beings, individually believe that we are personally 'rock stars'; that the world should be handed to us on a silver platter; that we should keep receiving accolades/gold stars and red ribbons....for being average; of average intelligence, average work ethic and average ambition.

If you choose to work harder, longer, smarter/more efficiently to build yourself a larger, fancier home, than I; who am I to deny you...

For me there are three societal models, humanity has developed, within which we can operate, to achieve capital [Communism, democratic socialism and unfettered capitalism. The first and last have been revealed ultimately, as vastly corrupt and hence failures; they serve the ruling class and elites, and not society as a whole.

Only the moderate middle ground of democratic socialism, whereby average citizens retain some measure of control [over their politicians and business elites], is viable. If run properly, it would allow for less inequality, but at the same time reward meritocracy.

[Kantoci]

well explained but i find it lacking in substance..

[tomh]

A pure meritocracy is a myth, but locally, I do believe this does exist. In each example, you always go back to financial capital (which is the popular thesis), but you dont need to. Cultural wealth can exist outside of financial wealth - look at close knit 1st generation immigrant communities. Also, the "trading" of capital is a bit simplified, being a member of a golf club gets you access, but it doesnt get you the job - one has to invest/build that social capital with those individuals. Bezos cannot "buy" the cultural capital of emigrant families - perhaps he could buy their assets, but not their customs, their actual person-to-person networks. I think there are intangibles of tremendous value that are not adequately considered.

[africanhistory]

U mean your definition of it is a myth. So naturally your rebuttal needs a review. If you had left that out the presentation would be much better. Very clickbait very strawman. Also, are these things permanent? Children of sharecroppers remain sharecroppers? Read Thomas Sowell. And this the problem with your challenge to meritocracy for it forgets upward mobility.

[Nguyenducky]

Meritocracy may be a myth but all attemps to replace it have not done well. Socialism and communism have been efffective in eliminating meritocracy to disatrous results. Inequality is really not that much of a problem as seen in the Netherlands and other northern European countries.

[mianfeng]

This is video is not sane, so change the name to "The Less than Sane Society".
It's time for a reality check here.
When you need to have a serious surgery, do want the surgeon who graduated at the top of his/her class, who has performed the surgery hundreds of times with the highest success rate? OR, do you do you want the Affirmative Action Surgeon who was pushed through system for 'equity', the one whose real purpose is to make a quota?

If you want Affirmative Action surgeon, you may die.

In the Military, Meritocracy is the difference between victory or defeat (involving many unnecessary American deaths).

I don't want to work in business run by fools, I want real experience and expertise in all areas of my life. I want my job and the government run by competent, experienced professionals, not incompetent Social Justice Warriors.

You are welcomed to be led by the incompetent and unqualified, if that makes you feel superior. But don't complain when you get results you don't like.