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Is capitalism the problem or is it neopotism (cronyism) invalidating the meritocracy? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Clinicallydepressedpoochie to c/asklemmy

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I earn more than most medical doctors in my home country. They save lives, while I write software that could disappear tomorrow and no chaos would ensue. But I do earn my employers more money than the doctor does.

The only world in which this is right is a world where you only care about yourself and being rich. Meritocracy is inherently subjective and depends largely of what you value to give people merit, and in a lot of cases that's "we fucked over two dozen tiny companies with patent troll lawsuits and made millions".

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