I saw a one liner post by Lauda which received 50 merits
wow 20 merits for the
post from 2014 excellent.... good going members

Well I'm not against merit system not at all... I'm and will always be in favor of merit system but yes some people's behavior need to be changed.
Merit were intended to be for
high-quality posts
I encourage people to give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with.