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Because it's under the guise of meritocracy, where if you just work hard enough, say 60 hours a week, you too can become CEO someday.
by candiddevmike 4y ago
Because it's under the guise of meritocracy, where if you just work hard enough, say 60 hours a week, you too can become CEO someday.
- noasaservice 4y ago"Meritocracy " isn't a thing, since the "merit deciders" (ala kingmakers) decide whatever they want. (Or the next question in that line: who decides what merit is and who has it?) And, the gist also has very strong vibes of Ronald Wright's misattributed John Steinbeck's quote: “John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-said-that-socialism-never-took-root-in https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-...
- JohnJamesRambo 4y ago60 hours of golf is a lot.