A Short History of Decay Tim Minchin attacking the myth of meritocracy

attacking the myth of meritocracy to show how it has caused today's political

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A Short History of Decay Tim Minchin attacking the myth of meritocracyWitty and nihilistic essays from one of Central Europe's most remarkable philosophers. A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid 20th century Europe. Touching upon man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran's pieces are pessimistic in the extreme, but also