> which is why they (if not you) might want to consider unions if they want to protect themselves from the stark meritocracy that you posit. Why would you pref

> which is why they (if not you) might want to consider unions if they want to protect themselves from the stark meritocracy that you posit. Why would you prefer a system under which you have to know someone to get a good job instead of a system under which you just have to master a skill?