Somewhere along the way, this country has mixed up the concept of merit versus diversity.  It’s mostly a liberal concept, but along with many other things, they have foisted it off on all of us.  We are told to accept the concept that if we aren’t a “diverse” society, we are automatically a bad one.  Let’s look at how a dictionary describes the word:

di.ver.si.ty

the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.

As in many area of life, on the face of that, it doesn’t sound too bad, does it? However, digging deeper into the subject you find that nasty devil in the details.

Whether it’s who cuts your lawn, maintains your teeth, teaches your children or any of the hundreds of situations we encounter in our lifetimes, it shouldn’t be about the race, gender, religion or sexual orientation of the candidate. What should be the determining factor is their level of education and skill which prepared them to do the job at hand.  Obviously their character is a factor as well. You probably wouldn’t want a surgeon to operate on you if you were aware that they also were a convicted axe murderer.

All that has basically gone out the window in a society which values “diversity” over competence.  It isn’t even necessary to like a person, or wish to deal with them on a personal level, as long as you are confident that they are the best choice to complete the tasks at hand.

A society which promotes merit over diversity will always win in the end. Conversely, a society which favors “Diversity” over “Meritocracy” will always lose.