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

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Comment author: shminux 01 November 2013 12:30:40AM *  -2 points [-]

OK, so the two pools originally were the founders and the employees, then ("capitalists" and "workers" in Marxist terms). Before it all morphed together.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 01 November 2013 07:02:55AM 3 points [-]

No. The basic definition of executives, from the perspective of the capitalists who own the company, is responsible employees who take care of the business.