The Russian civil war was fought with 1% or 2% of the population. It’s not the majority that fights to own things.
Owning means to constantly think for the company and constantly try to optimize it. There is no time off. It’s a job on its own that is more than just skimming the profits.
I dont know where you got the 1% or 2% from, could you link it please? There were uprisings against the kulak class all over the country.
Owning a company, if you’re rich enough actually does mean you just skim off the top. That’s why it’s called “passive income”. You pay others to manage the company and optimize it. It’s definitely not a 9-5 job you get to come and go as you please and often the company does worse when the owners get involved because they dont know what they’re talking about. See e.g. Elon Musk and Tesla or Twitter.
Overall I agree with two exceptions.
The Russian civil war was fought with 1% or 2% of the population. It’s not the majority that fights to own things.
Owning means to constantly think for the company and constantly try to optimize it. There is no time off. It’s a job on its own that is more than just skimming the profits.
I dont know where you got the 1% or 2% from, could you link it please? There were uprisings against the kulak class all over the country.
Owning a company, if you’re rich enough actually does mean you just skim off the top. That’s why it’s called “passive income”. You pay others to manage the company and optimize it. It’s definitely not a 9-5 job you get to come and go as you please and often the company does worse when the owners get involved because they dont know what they’re talking about. See e.g. Elon Musk and Tesla or Twitter.
I should have looked it up before. I don’t remember my original source.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War
The red army had 6 million out of 280 million citizens of the USSR. So it’s a bit more.
How long do those companies exist? If owners just skim, I would expect most companies to dissolve sooner than later.