[kossTKR]

All business sans the most basic is based on schemes, theatre, magic.

It’s way more fantastical to believe in some supreme meritocracy.

Off course a good chunk is based on talent but the “there’s no conspiracies” seem like libertarian propaganda to me after a life in business where politics, marketing, law and nepotism were the real lessons.

The world actually runs on conspiracies - that’s how the human social mind works.