sure, but most of neoliberal society is bullshit and bullshit status games, and most people don't actually know anything and just do bullshit jobs based on bullshit jobs to forward bullshit industries all day to justify oppression. most days the average american or australian or englishman won't interact with any of that subset of people.

grandpa was a grifter, I got some pretty damn clear lessons in this very young. most people just go through the motions. they're made so obedient with so little explanation that, even when they want to, they can't adapt to fuck-all, and when cut off from the chain of command, just freeze up in tight stupid loops until they can get back to their own shit. it's a terrible state of affairs and the people who perpetuate it are monstrous, and yes its maintenance DOES require the occasional competent person, but even there the competence is kept as narrow as possible so as to not shake the boat. the myth of the specialist is some shit. those people with broad competences inspire awe in the average fucker. I'm just on the border of it, and I scare people when I interact with family members and shit.