I figured out the other day that the difference between being a worker drone and a CEO of a 200 person engineering firm is about $13,000,000 dollars in value. (Roughly -$32M in debts and $40 in property, trade, cash, etc. plus some deals in shares or terms/perks) "Up for Sale" when/if the owner wishes to cash out.
Ownership, it is available for anyone to buy and rule. Ruler of 200 jobs.
Now if you start a business from scratch, you may be creating new jobs after successfully making profits from your new business over time; and you are the owner of these new jobs, which get filled by people through hiring contracts and negotiations.
You, as owner, also have the rulership of destroying these jobs if deemed necessary or wanted, either is at your pleasure or dismay.
You become the King of the Chessboard with control over all your pieces of various talents or simple pawn roles. Will you sacrifice some pawns for the win? Or trade them to other companies? Maybe even hire then back when you have conquered completely??
You also are the last piece on the board if shit hits the fan; whether you caused the failures of your company, or the consumers/economy/forces of nature/competition took your company out.
The responsibility is yours as owner to "win" the game and in leading the morale of the employees least they quit on you. But all pieces are replaceable right? (in United Kingdom employees are more commonly known as "subordinates".)
Interesting no?
You can go from crew member to Captain with $,$$$,$$$ saved, earned, stolen, or lawfully taken in taxes and lawfully appropriated to your cause from the people.
With this example, money can lead to power; or with financial independence it can lead to freedom.
