income being massively externally controlled for the majority of people
Huh?
If you mean that people don't necessarily get the income they want, well, duh...
The world, contrary to reports, is not a meritocracy.
No, it isn't, but I don't see the relevance to the previous point.
I think the point was government handout programs. This is a massive external control on many people's incomes, and it is part of how the world is not a meritocracy.
(Please note, I ADBOC with CellBioGuy, so don't take my description as anything more than a summary of what I think he is trying to say.)
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.