Post #2482996
2026-01-13 17:59 UTC
That's not how it works in real life and I think you know that.
Capitalism is its own complex beast and one I'm not going to opine on here but I fucking *wish* we lived in a meritocracy where you could just hire people that are good and magically crush it in the market. We very much don't.
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@MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2026-01-13 19:15
> I fucking wish we lived in a meritocracy where you could just hire people that are good and magically crush it in the market. Cream rises to the top all by itself, doesn't it? You don't need to legislate that. Neither do you need to legislate gravity. The reason there is no meritocracy in our economy is precisely *because* we have laws against it, not *in spite* of it. Or are you saying that hiring the most competent people isn't an automatic guarantee that you'll crush it? In which case, why would you be in favor of a law that requires employers to hire the most competent candidates?