Indeed. The article did mention that in a succinct way, but you do a good job of laying the machinery more bare.
This dynamic is hard to break, because this concept is so foreign to 'regular' people, they can't spot it, even if it is in front of their own eyes. Their have an ingrained concept of cooperative and constructive behavior in a social context, they derive their sense of dignity in part from it, they learn it is their path to success.
This dynamic is hard to break, because this concept is so foreign to 'regular' people, they can't spot it, even if it is in front of their own eyes. Their have an ingrained concept of cooperative and constructive behavior in a social context, they derive their sense of dignity in part from it, they learn it is their path to success.