It's astonishing to me that the narrative of "job creation" persists so strongly when it's obvious that my employers benefit orders of magnitude more than I do

It's astonishing to me that the narrative of "job creation" persists so strongly when it's obvious that my employers benefit orders of magnitude more than I do from my work--after all, they pay me a pittance to build machines that will outlive me. The sentence "my boss gave me work" is grossly misleading, when in fact "I give my boss work," and am the poorer for it. If only we could get ahead of this prisoner's dilemma, and all as workers demand a better deal. ---- edit: because the kapos in charge have quashed the discourse, here is my response to a sibling comment: > there is a chance that one may approach such status through merit I am not sure how this is meaningful, since merit is almost arbitrarily defined by the last generation of victors. Knowing and pleasing the right professors, bosses, managers, and venture capitalists is crucial to success in our "meritocracy".