Was there Al-Queda in Iraq before the US invasion?

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I never said meritocracy is limited to America, if it exists, it should be universal.

maybe you need to take this to a UN board then because the only thing an American can control is what happens in America. If other countries want to remain in their caste systems thats their choice and I couldnt possibly care less.

Though McDonalds did start out as a single restaraunt, it is was not franchising business, and has its shares of pros and cons. Ray Kroc founder the person resposible for the modern McDonalds(franchising) as we know it(note HE did not start the business), made it what it is for understing how to use the meritocracy myth to his advantage. No matter how hard he worked, he could only work for 8 hours a day, because he has 24 hours in a day. But by utilizing other peoples time, franchising, and taking a percentage of their earnings he can make alot more money. The meritocracy myth is the keystone behind business. Mr. Kroc reinvented franchising, thus making his business so successful, if it were just his hard work alone, he would probably still be flipping burgers, figuratively.

so you are saying that you make more money by making smart business decisions? WOW what a concept.

You can only work so hard. To make it big, you have to work smart. And this will probably lead us in to a debate about the 95%-5% business owners relationship. The reason 5% own 95% of the wealth is because they understand the guise of meritocracy and how it can be used as a rallying cry for people to work hard and work loyaly to make some one else richer, notably the 5%. Don't get me wrong, some times you have to take jobs that make some one else richer inorder to better your self, but the difference is knowing in contrast to ignorance. Once you understand the methods they employ, you can what you have learned to better your self.,

How about comparing apples to apples. You cant compare someone that has applied themselves to get a college degree and someone that dropped out of HS to smoke crack and have babies. Obviously the person with a bachelors in business administration from UGA is going to make many hundreds of times more money than the HS drop-out thats smoking crack.

Unless you own your own business EVERY job you have makes someone else richer. If you open your own business you take the risks associated with it, so you make the profits.