An authoritarian government that was highly meritocratic wouldn't be suffering from the IQ drop problem.
I agree, but you've missed the point, and in fairness, I didn't flesh it out fully like I have in other previous posts.
There is no authoritarian government that is highly meritocratic.
The very nature of an authoritarian system is to prevent meritocracy from supplanting the authority when the authority fails to be meritocratic. Meritocracy is wildly unstable at the highest echelons. Pick any sport for an example. It is exceedingly rare for someone who is so meritorious to win repeatedly and consistency at the highest possible position in any sport. They do, eventually, lose. Sometimes due to arrogance and overconfidence, sometimes because they pushed themselves to far to get where they are and can't endure, sometimes they lose down to sheer luck, but many times they lose because they were so successful at changing the game itself, that someone replicated their winning strategy and genuinely out-competed them.
Authoritarianism as a philosophy requires that you not challenge an authority that is dictating things in society, as it is asserted that they know best. A meritocratic philosophy assumes that the people at the top don't know best until they can prove it through competitive and constant displays of merit.
As such, the protectionism that Authoritarianism creates in society prevents authority from being challenged due to meritocratic challenges, and will even go so far as to disincentivize merit in order to protect the authority that is currently in place. Sometimes, this is simply referred to as "corruption", but typically, this is how an authoritarian system functions. Corruption and cronyism are an inherent aspect to Authoritarianism.
Leftism is a "Philosophy of War", (another thing I'm not going to expound too much on here) and as such, is inherently authoritarian when it seizes and maintains power. The 'corruption and cronyism' that come with it are not incidental, but are the primary method of maintaining that authority, and control over those institutions.
A non-Leftist Authoritarianism, let's say: a monarchy; is not exempt from this. In fact, it is highly likely that an absolute monarch will impose many highly authoritarian structures that disincentivize merit in order to protect themselves, so that the absolute power of their authority can't be challenged.
This type of authority is as you say literally training useless people.
They aren't totally useless, they are foot-soldiers to ensure the power of the authority. Their purpose is not towards generalized merit, but only into their service of the authority, regardless of whether the authority is right or wrong.
This is actually how Clown World develops. Everyone lies and participates in lies that maintain the power of the established order, no matter how far off from reality the established order is. That isn't relegated to Leftism alone, but all authoritarian systems that are in need of being torn down.
The more socialist policies that western countries implement the less people in western countries are forced to try to get ahead. This lack of trying will reduce IQs.
I 100% agree with this, and is what I would have said had I elaborated further about Leftism. Dependency systems propagate lower IQ. Socialism has additional effects like: hyper-sensitivity, magical thinking, poor nutrition, increased violence, and low-trust-societies that also promote low IQ's. Socialism is authoritarian, but it's also a slightly worse form of Authoritarianism.
Genetics are still a factor though but it's not the only factor. Why are many western countries becoming more like the above? Immigrants are a big reason for this.
Immigrants are only one tool in the kit of a Leftist. Remember that many Communist countries had strict bans on immigration or emigration. It was Socialism that founded the now discredited concept of "Autarkey" (a permanently and perfectly economically self-sufficient state that never requires outside trade).
Leftism itself is the actual core threat. I'd go a bit further and say Fabian Socialists specifically.
I agree, but you've missed the point, and in fairness, I didn't flesh it out fully like I have in other previous posts.
There is no authoritarian government that is highly meritocratic.
The very nature of an authoritarian system is to prevent meritocracy from supplanting the authority when the authority fails to be meritocratic. Meritocracy is wildly unstable at the highest echelons. Pick any sport for an example. It is exceedingly rare for someone who is so meritorious to win repeatedly and consistency at the highest possible position in any sport. They do, eventually, lose. Sometimes due to arrogance and overconfidence, sometimes because they pushed themselves to far to get where they are and can't endure, sometimes they lose down to sheer luck, but many times they lose because they were so successful at changing the game itself, that someone replicated their winning strategy and genuinely out-competed them.
Authoritarianism as a philosophy requires that you not challenge an authority that is dictating things in society, as it is asserted that they know best. A meritocratic philosophy assumes that the people at the top don't know best until they can prove it through competitive and constant displays of merit.
As such, the protectionism that Authoritarianism creates in society prevents authority from being challenged due to meritocratic challenges, and will even go so far as to disincentivize merit in order to protect the authority that is currently in place. Sometimes, this is simply referred to as "corruption", but typically, this is how an authoritarian system functions. Corruption and cronyism are an inherent aspect to Authoritarianism.
Leftism is a "Philosophy of War", (another thing I'm not going to expound too much on here) and as such, is inherently authoritarian when it seizes and maintains power. The 'corruption and cronyism' that come with it are not incidental, but are the primary method of maintaining that authority, and control over those institutions.
A non-Leftist Authoritarianism, let's say: a monarchy; is not exempt from this. In fact, it is highly likely that an absolute monarch will impose many highly authoritarian structures that disincentivize merit in order to protect themselves, so that the absolute power of their authority can't be challenged.
They aren't totally useless, they are foot-soldiers to ensure the power of the authority. Their purpose is not towards generalized merit, but only into their service of the authority, regardless of whether the authority is right or wrong.
This is actually how Clown World develops. Everyone lies and participates in lies that maintain the power of the established order, no matter how far off from reality the established order is. That isn't relegated to Leftism alone, but all authoritarian systems that are in need of being torn down.
I 100% agree with this, and is what I would have said had I elaborated further about Leftism. Dependency systems propagate lower IQ. Socialism has additional effects like: hyper-sensitivity, magical thinking, poor nutrition, increased violence, and low-trust-societies that also promote low IQ's. Socialism is authoritarian, but it's also a slightly worse form of Authoritarianism.
Immigrants are only one tool in the kit of a Leftist. Remember that many Communist countries had strict bans on immigration or emigration. It was Socialism that founded the now discredited concept of "Autarkey" (a permanently and perfectly economically self-sufficient state that never requires outside trade).
Leftism itself is the actual core threat. I'd go a bit further and say Fabian Socialists specifically.