The Meritocracy Lie

Why you're not lucky

Robbie Mukai
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Photo by Heidi Kaden on Unsplash

It must have been a hot July day in Roanoke, Virginia. With only months away until Americans would head to polls, and possibly rebuke Barrack Obama's tenure, the weary-looking President looked onto a packed crowd and delivered one of his most controversial remarks.

“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that”

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