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I realize that the CEO was born into a family where they were handed their position. You don’t get to the top by “working hard” that’s a sucker’s game. You need

I realize that the CEO was born into a family where they were handed their position. You don’t get to the top by “working hard” that’s a sucker’s game. You need to be born to the right family, grease the right palms and be in the right place at the right time. Being a complete sociopath doesn’t hurt either.

badpun 3y ago
- CEO of Microsoft is a child of middle class Indian immigrants - so is CEO of Google - CEO of Apple comes from working/lower-middle class family - CEO of Johnson and Johnson (12th largest SP500 company) is an immigrant from Spain, coming from middle class family etc etc etc
- cornercasechase 3y ago
  > CEO of Microsoft is a child of middle class Indian immigrants Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satya-nadela-microsoft-ceo-father-bn-yugandhar-dies-hyderabad-1598978-2019-09-13 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satya-nadela-microsoft... > so is CEO of Google “His father also had a manufacturing plant that produced electrical components” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai You’re buying the propaganda.
  - dragonwriter 3y ago
    > Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. That sounds quite normal, actually. But the middle class (the petit bourgeoisie) is a small, economically elite class. It is in the middle between the working class that makes up the vast majority and the even narrower haut borgeoisie — the major capitalists whose relation to the economy centers on control of capital to which rented labor is applied. Unfortunately, people sometimes confuse the middle class with the middle income segment of the working class, which is a very different thing. (And that confusion is often deliberately exploited.)
    - ke88y 3y ago
      >> Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. > That sounds quite normal, actually. ?!?! > Unfortunately, people sometimes confuse the middle class with the middle income segment of the working class, which is a very different thing. (And that confusion is often deliberately exploited.) Oh, I see. This doesn't seem particularly helpful. People don't "sometimes" confuse those two things. The de facto agreed upon meaning of "middle class" has been "middle income segment of the working class" for at least a century at this point. And, in any case, serving on the Planning Commission seems much closer to "Ruling Class" than "Middle Class" unless you literally believe in the illuminati.

badpun 3y ago

- CEO of Microsoft is a child of middle class Indian immigrants - so is CEO of Google - CEO of Apple comes from working/lower-middle class family - CEO of Johnson and Johnson (12th largest SP500 company) is an immigrant from Spain, coming from middle class family etc etc etc

cornercasechase 3y ago
> CEO of Microsoft is a child of middle class Indian immigrants Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satya-nadela-microsoft-ceo-father-bn-yugandhar-dies-hyderabad-1598978-2019-09-13 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/satya-nadela-microsoft... > so is CEO of Google “His father also had a manufacturing plant that produced electrical components” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_Pichai You’re buying the propaganda.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. That sounds quite normal, actually. But the middle class (the petit bourgeoisie) is a small, economically elite class. It is in the middle between the working class that makes up the vast majority and the even narrower haut borgeoisie — the major capitalists whose relation to the economy centers on control of capital to which rented labor is applied. Unfortunately, people sometimes confuse the middle class with the middle income segment of the working class, which is a very different thing. (And that confusion is often deliberately exploited.)
  - ke88y 3y ago
    >> Middle class people aren’t the secretary to the prime minister. > That sounds quite normal, actually. ?!?! > Unfortunately, people sometimes confuse the middle class with the middle income segment of the working class, which is a very different thing. (And that confusion is often deliberately exploited.) Oh, I see. This doesn't seem particularly helpful. People don't "sometimes" confuse those two things. The de facto agreed upon meaning of "middle class" has been "middle income segment of the working class" for at least a century at this point. And, in any case, serving on the Planning Commission seems much closer to "Ruling Class" than "Middle Class" unless you literally believe in the illuminati.