The Rat Race vs. The Fast Track | The Kings League New Venture
How should we go about understanding The Kings League new influencers/former football players new venture. Are we finally seeing the puppet masters of something successful running before our eyes.
Fouad FARJANI
If life is a journey, then society has split us into two highways—one crowded with potholes, wrong turns, and endless detours, and another that's smooth, exclusive, and patrolled by velvet ropes. These two paths are what we’ve come to know as the Rat Race and the Fast Track. But before we dive into the players, the puppets, and the puppet masters, let’s first define the game.
The Rat Race | A Maze Without Cheese
The term "rat race" comes from the image of lab rats running endlessly on a wheel, chasing an escape that doesn’t exist. For the average worker, the rat race is a metaphor for modern capitalism—a cycle of work, debt, and survival. You work to pay bills, then you accumulate debt to keep up with life, and before you know it, you’re working just to keep treading water. It’s not living; it’s maintaining.
The rat race traps the poor and middle class by selling them a dream. It’s a subtle form of propaganda, whispering in your ear that if you just work a little harder, stay a little longer, and grind a little more, you’ll make it. "Making it" is the carrot dangling in front of the donkey, but the cart never moves.
Corporate America—or really, corporate everywhere—thrives on this. Words like "career growth," "team player," and "work-life balance" are the bread and butter of HR propaganda. In reality, they translate to, "Give us your time, your health, and your soul, and maybe, just maybe, we’ll let you retire with a crumb of dignity."
The Fast Track | Where the Roads Are Paved With Gold
Now, the Fast Track is something else entirely. It’s not just a lane; it’s a private jet runway. This is where the elite play—a realm protected by a combination of old money, corporate monopolies, and unspoken rules.
The Fast Track isn’t about working harder; it’s about positioning. You don’t climb a ladder here—you’re born at the top. Think oil barons, media moguls, Silicon Valley prodigies, and legacy families who’ve turned their names into brands. This isn’t just capitalism; it’s corporatism, where big businesses and multinationals write the rules of the game while everyone else scrambles to follow them.
But let’s be clear: the Fast Track isn’t just about wealth. It’s about access. The Fast Track is an exclusive club where connections, influence, and the ability to manipulate markets are the real currency.
Propaganda | The Invisible Chain
Here’s the kicker: whether you’re in the rat race or watching the Fast Track from afar, the same tool keeps you in your place—propaganda. It’s the art of convincing you to stay in your lane, even when the highway’s rigged.
Corporate propaganda is everywhere. Job listings call minimum-wage gigs “career opportunities.” Luxury brands sell you products with slogans like, "If you can’t afford it, work harder." Social media influencers are paid to flaunt lifestyles that most people will never achieve. All of it is a carefully curated illusion designed to keep you running on the wheel, distracted and desperate.
And let’s not forget religion’s role in this. For centuries, religion was the original propaganda machine, preaching that poverty was virtuous and that suffering in this life guaranteed rewards in the next. Now, capitalism has taken the reins, replacing heaven with the promise of financial freedom. Same story, different deity.
The Fast Track’s Guardians | Corporate Titans and Big Scams
The Fast Track doesn’t guard itself. It’s protected by a well-established network of corporate giants, multinationals, and billion-dollar schemes that operate so smoothly they almost feel legitimate.
Old money is easy to spot—think oil families, banking dynasties, and real estate empires. New money, on the other hand, wears sneakers and hoodies, running social media platforms and tech startups. They look different, but the game is the same: control the narrative, control the market, and keep the little guy out.
But then, there are the scams. And I’m not just talking about pyramid schemes or get-rich-quick webinars. I’m talking about systemic scams—the kind that operate under the guise of legitimacy.
Take, for example, the rise of social media platforms. On the surface, they’re about connection and community. In reality, they’re surveillance tools monetizing your data and attention. Or think about hedge funds manipulating stock markets while the average investor is sold the fantasy of becoming the next Warren Buffett. These scams are the Fast Track’s dirty little secret—lucrative, legal, and largely untouchable.
The New Players | The Kings League and Beyond
Now, here’s where it gets interesting. The Fast Track isn’t just for legacy families and tech moguls anymore. It’s evolving, branching out into new ventures like influencer-driven businesses and celebrity-backed investments.
Take the "Kings League," for example—a football (soccer) venture spearheaded by retired players and social media influencers. On the surface, it’s pure entertainment, a mix of athleticism, personality, and online buzz. But when you peel back the layers, you start to see who’s really running the show.
The money behind these ventures doesn’t come from ticket sales or Instagram likes, those are just collateral fruits. It actually comes from the same deep pockets that fund the Fast Track "YouTube", Kik or Switch. It’s a new spin on an old trick, take something relatable, slap a shiny coat of celebrity on it, and turn it into a money-making machine.
The Kings League isn’t just a game; it’s a business model. It’s about monetizing fandom, controlling narratives, trends and creating a new breed of capital—one that’s fueled by likes, shares, and streams. And if you’re wondering where the profits go, it’s not to the players or the fans. It’s to the investors pulling the strings behind the scenes. Workers & Service providers certainly get their salaries for the effort.
The Hypothesis | Are These Ventures Part of the Fast Track?
So, are ventures like the Kings League part of the Fast Track? Absolutely. They might look new and fresh, but they operate on the same principles: exclusivity, control, and profit.
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What’s fascinating is how they blur the lines between the Rat Race and the Fast Track. They give the illusion of accessibility—anyone can watch, anyone can follow, anyone can feel like they’re part of something bigger. But in reality, the power dynamics haven’t changed. The money still flows upward, and the rules are still written by the elite.
The Final Thought | Breaking Free
Whether you’re in the rat race or aspiring to the Fast Track, you’re playing a game that’s designed to keep you in your place. The only way to win is to stop playing by their rules.
But that’s easier said than done.
It means questioning the propaganda, rejecting the illusions, and creating your own path.
It means redefining success, not as wealth or status, but as freedom—freedom from the wheel, freedom from the track, and freedom from the system that thrives on your labor, your dreams, and your time.
The rat race and the Fast Track are two sides of the same coin.
And the only way to break the cycle is to realize that the coin isn’t worth flipping.