A corporation is similar to a mob. It's a vehicle with which to diffuse responsibility with and do what is normally impossible.
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So the VC or rich person who scoffs "These protesters should do something with their lives and start companies or something." actually have a point... A mob is to a company what sticks and stones are to guns.
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A gun isn't the greatest example though as it has the simplified interface of a simple trigger even a child could use. Something like... a mecha robot suit ... more fits the reality of payroll, accounting, incorporation, hiring, etc...
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Sticking with the gun analogy though a gun needs bullets and a company needs money. Without this 'fuel' the 'weapon' is useless. When a country is divided into people with and without money it's the same as a 3rd world country where people are divided into those with and w/o guns
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Gun culture, with its increased desire to hold onto actual physical guns probably arises from a vague but very real sense of losing real power.
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The mob:company analogy also reveals why it can feel so draining within a company. You can't be part of a mob without signalling that you're "with it". Otherwise the mob turns on you.
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Mobs and companies both have a tension between the people that support the necessary amorality of the vehicle and the actual real payload.
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Both become violent and immoral when the payload is lost. Pournelle's iron law of bureaucracy states that over time, those maintaining the vehicle wrest control over those who joined to deliver the payload.
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It's like is a sacred flame were walled off and not available to the public except for a select few high priests. No one actually knows that the flame was lost. Everything and everyone feels cold despite the glaring sun of 10,000 high-efficiency multi-wavelength LED lights.
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