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We are ruled by morons. They probably assumed their employees did nothing except draw a wage.
They tend to think they're rich because they deserve it. Therefore, their employees are not deserving - i.e. competent - as them. And they don't do much.
(NVM that in my experience in the IT/infosec world, they can't work a DVD player. I don't know how many board rooms I've been sent to to press a button or plug in a cable)
Capitalism naturally rewards bullies, bullies are dumb on average. This is how we got here.
It's a tool. It does what it does. When they invented pencil sharpeners it didn't help people who use pens.
It's a good analogy and point. This will help a lot of people but not all