I’ve noticed that currently kids in University are told to Network, so they can have Connections when they get to the job market. Which, you know, fair enough, it’s better advice than whatever non-sense I got in my time.
The thing is, however natural these things are, as a social mechanism, are they implicitly saying that the invisible hand is utter bullshit? We all know it is, but from the liberal point of view.
I mean, if it isn’t your degree, skills, etc. what gets you the job, but your network, you’re admitting so called merit is a dead end. The invisible hand isn’t choosing you, it’s the very visible strings attatched to you that must buy your way into the job market, right?
It’s not humane, but then ironically they insist on forcing fake relationships onto the worker: “we’re a family™️”, great/informal work environment your manager pretending to be your buddy, forced corporate dinners, and so on.
Hell, I should know, me not aligning with their nepotistic cult-like (and I’m not exaggerating here) culture was a major contribution for me losing my last job.