Network Rail Comms Director ‘work harder at school’ comment

[al78]

I think the problem is deeper then that.
'People who aren't on hundreds of thouands per year didn't work hard enough', is said by those who believe the myth and the dangerous myth that is meritocracy. It makes people feel inferior for conseqences they didn't have full control over. Miners work hard and never get paid those wages, it is simply a numbers game, if your boss happens to like you, if the company has a demand for the work you do, if the company you are in decides to promote you again and again, and doesn't hire somebody from elsewhere, if they decide to train you, if the company doesn't go bust or restructure etc.

There are so many irrational, unpredictable random factors in those rising to the top that you cannot believe in meritocracy. It is a nieve and misguided ideal that continues to delude people. Those at the top cannot be objective to the situation. Sorry if I went off topic but it's such a delusion to say things like that.

Alternatively, those who believe in the just world fallacy:

The Just-World Fallacy

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What Is the Just-World Phenomenon?

The just-world phenomenon suggests that we tend to believe people get what they deserve. Learn about why this happens and how to avoid this cognitive distortion.

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Frontiers | General Belief in a Just World Is Positively Associated with Dishonest Behavior

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[greyman42]

They seem to be going out of their way to make passengers miserable - anything else is a bonus.

The RMT could not care less about the passenger.

 

[Egg Centric]

I think the problem is deeper then that.
'People who aren't on hundreds of thouands per year didn't work hard enough', is said by those who believe the myth and the dangerous myth that is meritocracy. It makes people feel inferior for conseqences they didn't have full control over. Miners work hard and never get paid those wages, it is simply a numbers game, if your boss happens to like you, if the company has a demand for the work you do, if the company you are in decides to promote you again and again, and doesn't hire somebody from elsewhere, if they decide to train you, if the company doesn't go bust or restructure etc.

There are so many irrational, unpredictable random factors in those rising to the top that you cannot believe in meritocracy. It is a nieve and misguided ideal that continues to delude people. Those at the top cannot be objective to the situation. Sorry if I went off topic but it's such a delusion to say things like that.

Morally, it doesn't even matter whether meritocracy is true or not (fwiw I actually think it is mostly true albeit only amongst identical comparitors, clearly someone born in a Kenyan slum is not going to have a property empire rivalling the Duke of Westminster) when there's no good evidence that free will exists. With no free will why should you be rewarded for something your body did?

 

[43066]

This business of striking on weekends seems like a Vendetta against passengers though, and they lose any sympathy I might have had.

They seem to be going out of their way to make passengers miserable - anything else is a bonus.

The RMT could not care less about the passenger.

Not the first nor the last time I’ll say this on here, but here we go again:

If you understand what a trade union is you should also understand that they exist to further the interests of their members, not to represent the concerns of passengers. The two are not always aligned.