Chapter 331: One Ghost, Labor Standards Act (9)
What is the best way to win in a competition against someone?
Most people would probably answer like this:
"By putting in more effort than the other person, getting a better education, having superior abilities, and seizing opportunities."
That answer is certainly true.
However, there are limits to effort.
A typical example is in the entertainment industry, where if you don't have talent, you can't make a living.
In that world, the difference between the elite and the third-rate is often as thin as a sheet of paper, and the value of a person can vary by thousands of times.
This is true not just in entertainment but in business competition, and also among those who pass professional exams.
For people in the top 1% of society, it’s hard to surpass someone else simply through "effort."
Yet, if you lose in competition, you lose your livelihood—so what should you do?
The answer is well known to politicians, who use it every day.
"Undermine others or falsely accuse them."