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		elintknower 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA freezes Starliner missions Yes, as a minority immigrant to the US, meritocracy is what got me here. Idk why americans are so obsessed with this air headed topic.

dragonwriter 11 months ago [–]

> Yes, as a minority immigrant to the US, meritocracy is what got me here.

Calling the system of lobbied-for preferences and geographic quotas built into the US immigration system "meritocracy" is...amusing.

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