• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 day ago

    I wonder how many people think that their place in society would be a lot lower if it was based on competition, so it is better to preserve the system that keeps them where they are at.

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      1 day ago

      Well, there are people that believe their position would be higher if the ‘others’ wouldn’t have taken that spot.

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        13 hours ago

        That’s literally true though? If it’s hard to see, take it to the extreme: If you were the only person in a place, you’d be the most important one by default?

        They wouldn’t do a good job, but they’d have the job since, you know, there is less competition.

        I did work and travel in USA, and they were paying us peanuts due to some law shenanigans (they had to pay overtime for Americans, not us.) Wouldn’t they have to hire a native instead of me if I wasn’t allowed to work there?