> Everyone works in their own best interest and the system is actually not "broken". You assume that all actors are rational. It ignores things like office po

> Everyone works in their own best interest and the system is actually not "broken". You assume that all actors are rational. It ignores things like office politics, people building fiefdoms, people holding grudges, the idea that you aren't a "team player" if you're asking for more money, the idea that one should be "loyal" to the company (but that the company can be "cold and calculating" when it comes to you), gender/racial/whatever discrimination, etc... People often do not work in their own best interest. Or maybe they work in their best short-term interest while ignore their medium- and/or long-term interests.