• wuffah@lemmy.world
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    “Public discourse increasingly attributes the challenges faced by the middle and lower classes to the actions and influence of wealthy corporate executives,” the fusion center memo says.

    God, they’re soooo close…

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      That’s the executives job, is to be the public face you blame when in reality they’re just the generals and colonels appointed by the shareholders.

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        Yes. They’re already disposable by design. CEOs with controlling stake are rare precisely because appointing majority stakeholders to run the company forfeits the advantage of liability encapsulation.

        There are exceptions, of course, such as founders retained for their institutional knowledge and track record, but these are generally exclusive to younger corporations.

      • bonsai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        In general, it would be a massive win for any military to take out their opponent’s generals or other command structure personnel