it's so funny when conservatives talk about "meritocracy" and how great they're at it by listing how hard they work every day. meanwhile in reality if a ceo was a typical highly-educated constantly self-improving hard-working professional he literally wouldn't have any time left to do what he was hired to do. btw. i'm not saying ceos are worthless freeloaders - the opposite - they're valued relatively fairly. it's just that values of capitalism don't really match what you people here consider valuable. people make good ceos when: - they come from old-money families where children minds are not poisoned with peasant mentality - they know - as opposed to you - how the world truly operates and where the money comes from, - they're well connected to other members of the elite, - they have high-ranking politicians of multiple countries on speed dial, - they're trusted by the elites to be loyal to their class - sure, they may compete between each other for who gets to be a billionaire and who has to settle for merely being a multimillionaire but when push comes to shove they're always united in their policy against the peasants. working hard has nothing to do with it, if anything it's rather counterproductive as it stands in opposition to their constant need of meetings with the powerful of the world to ensure profitable contracts are being made and beneficial policies are being implemented.
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