Eight signals that indicate you are in the "fuel position" in a society:

1. Your efforts cannot be converted into chips; you are only executing as a fallback.
2. The right to evaluate is not in your hands; rules change at any time and never for you.
3. The upward path is blurry, but the way you are consumed is very clear.
4. You are repeatedly asked to be stable, grateful, and focus on the big picture; when it comes to accounting, you are unworthy.
5. You are highly replaceable; someone will step in immediately if you leave.
6. You bear the risk, while others take the rewards.
7. Skills, resumes, and identity are highly singular; you can only survive within one system.
8. When you want to jump out, you are intimidated: it's even harder outside, and you are not suitable for taking risks.

So, it's not that you can't do it; it's that you are placed in the fuel position.