disillusioned
Kraken
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Jfl notice how when people shit all over market economics by pointing out that 99% of all products and companies fail regardless of quality, that capitalist apologists try to dismiss it by saying "you just didn't do enough marketing".
This argument is fucking hilarious for two reasons:
1. If visibility is more important than quality, then the market isn't actually a meritocracy but a plutocracy in which the wealthiest people with the biggest marketing budget are successful by default, which debunks the idea that the most successful people are automatically the most talented.
2. Since nobody can just whip out several million dollars (which btw isn't even that much for marketing) to market their product or company unless they are already a big player anyway...well see point number 1. It's not a meritocracy. If you don't have millions to market your shit then you have already failed before you started.
Meritocracy is bullshit tbh and so is capitalism. Everything is set into stone one way or the other.
This argument is fucking hilarious for two reasons:
1. If visibility is more important than quality, then the market isn't actually a meritocracy but a plutocracy in which the wealthiest people with the biggest marketing budget are successful by default, which debunks the idea that the most successful people are automatically the most talented.
2. Since nobody can just whip out several million dollars (which btw isn't even that much for marketing) to market their product or company unless they are already a big player anyway...well see point number 1. It's not a meritocracy. If you don't have millions to market your shit then you have already failed before you started.
Meritocracy is bullshit tbh and so is capitalism. Everything is set into stone one way or the other.