Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by asdff on Monday August 10, 2020 @01:28PM
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It's also ridiculous to paint any of this like a meritocracy. America is a land of private kings and peasants. There is a finite amount of wealth in the borders of this country, a finite number of jobs, and a finite number of C level positions, and probably a thousand vastly more qualified people for every CEO out there.
We don't choose to stratify our wealth based on any intelligence or merit or skill. For every doctor, lawyer, scientist, or business executive making serious money, they aren't there because they crossed some intelligence bar; there would be 1000x as many of these positions if intelligence were the only bar. These knowledge workers we value so much and idolize in society were simply born in the right place at the right time, and opportunities snowballed from there. This is a land of blind luck, highly influenced by who your parents were and what color your skin is.
We don't choose to stratify our wealth based on any intelligence or merit or skill. For every doctor, lawyer, scientist, or business executive making serious money, they aren't there because they crossed some intelligence bar; there would be 1000x as many of these positions if intelligence were the only bar. These knowledge workers we value so much and idolize in society were simply born in the right place at the right time, and opportunities snowballed from there. This is a land of blind luck, highly influenced by who your parents were and what color your skin is.