Believing America's Capitalist Economy is a Meritocracy
is like believing that 'Unconditional Love' exists.
One can easily verify that a significant percentage of Rich Americans made their money via illicit means.
Notice the word 'Illicit', not 'Illegal'.
America is a society where bankers who manufacture mortgage loans they know are going to go bad get paid more than nurses who heal the sick.
America is a society where the executives of pharmaceutical corporations that sell opioids that destroy more lives than they save, are paid 100x as much as Firefighters who save lives.
"America's Economy Is A Free Market Meritocracy"
This is one of the easiest narratives in the world to verify as false yet so many Upper Class and Rich Americans are incapable of doing so since they are emotionally invested in believing their high position is the result of merit
"America's Economy Is A Free Market Meritocracy"
I reject this narrative, not because I am a bitter poor person (I'm not; I have more money than the overwhelming majority of the American population), but rather because
IT IS EASILY VERIFIED AS FALSE
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After you end a relationship with a woman, you will perceive her as being more valuable, than you did when you were with her.
Why?
Scarcity...
As soon as your relationship with her is over, you cannot have her anymore (regardless of whether you left her or she left you), so you view her as being more Scarce than you did back when you were with her
Your brain closely tracks what your relative status is in the hierarchy you live in, and assumes that if you are low status you are in danger (causing your cortisol levels to rise) and if you are high status you are safe (causing your cortisol levels to fall).
The assumption that life at the top of the hierarchy is safe and life at the bottom of the hierarchy is dangerous is an accurate assumption in most hierarchies most of the time (see the ‘Life and Death Stakes’ section above).