It is a meritocracy .... whoever can be the most ruthless, greedy, selfish, egotistical, ignorant, arrogant, immoral, unethical and wicked can more easily become enormously wealthy.

For someone with a bit of ability, knowledge and training, they can easily make thousands fleecing the elderly, poor people, widows, or the mentally challenged. It takes a really ruthless person to do it but it is relatively easy money.

You can also become a drug dealer and buy trade and sell illegal, immoral and life destroying drugs and easily make a lot of money fast.

Someone in a developing country can also start a small business based on slave labor, children or indentured workers paid little or no money.

And that's just the bottom of the barrel. Professionals in first world countries deal with these people to generate wealth for themselves. Then billionaires sit on top making more money on those below them ...... all the wealth if you follow it is based on taking advantage of weaker individuals. The whole system is based on taking advantage of lesser people.

It's a meritocracy ... a meritocracy of immortality, whoever can become the most depraved gets to win the world.

EDIT: .... it's amazing because I just finished watching this the other night

https://youtu.be/-FcRj3HHS7I?si=-7hua35Ad3npmsoo

Basically a con artist that stole money from elderly, physically disabled and mentally challenged people, made millions and now lives the lap of luxury outside the country and no one can do anything about it. The infuriating part of it is, it wasn't just him, there was a whole chain of lawyers, bankers, financial people and professionals that either enabled him, supported him or just allowed him to do what he did because everyone was making money .... off of poor people!

The rich don't magically get rich by being nice to others ... they get rich because they abandoned their morals a long time ago and collect their money from as many poor people as possible, either directly, indirectly, secretly or distantly. And the wealthier they become, the more easily it is for them to do it and get away with it.

The system is built for abuse and moral depravity .... is it any wonder we are destroying ourselves little by little.

[–] catch22@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think all the temporarily embarrassed billionaires are downvoting you. In their meritocracy they will be considered the worthy who can take everything, not these imposters like bezos. (bezos is a cunt...)

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

While the system does select for psychopathic behaviors, it's not a meritocracy because you don't need to be exceptional at being ruthless, greedy, selfish, egotistical, ignorant, arrogant, immoral, unethical and wicked to become enormously wealthy. There are plenty of deplorable people who never make it big under capitalism. It's mostly just a birth lottery. People who are lucky enough to be born into money, who end up having family connections, and are plugged into the oligarchy are the ones who statistically make it.

And there are actual studies showing that luck is the major factor