JoshuaFox comments on Why officers vs. enlisted? - Less Wrong

13 Post author: JoshuaFox 30 October 2013 08:14PM

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Comment author: JoshuaFox 31 October 2013 01:46:33PM 3 points [-]

Obedience can be demanded in a one-ladder system.

Comment author: Stabilizer 01 November 2013 07:50:35PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but there is a question of degree. The claim is that two-ladder systems with no allowed lower-ladder to higher-ladder transition effects a much greater amount of obedience than a comparable one-ladder system. In other words, you'd have to expend a lot more effort in training if you wanted a similar amount of obedience in a one-ladder system.