Why do we keep telling ourselves that profit is the only way to motivate competition? It is a lie.

>there is only money to employ a small fraction of them

But there is plenty of money for profit? The dictates of our society are beginning to sound like a bunk academic paper.

I always assumed that was the low stakes part. Its like making game-of-thrones-esque will-to-power moves at your McDonalds job.

After a victory in a vicious trial by combat: "To your knees, I now dub you assistant manager of McDonalds store #1263245, your pay now raises two and a half percent and you get to park a little closer to the building."