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Re:President Obama schools SV CEOs on why government is not ... by zaccus on Thursday October 20, 2016 @01:55PM (#12754554)
> Quality Tech does deal in affordability, fail safes, and unintended consequences

Only to the extent that these things are profitable. Tech companies, like all companies, exist to make money for their shareholders. All other concerns are strictly pursuant to that. At least, as a shareholder, I sure as hell hope they are.

Let's not pretend like the scope of a CEO's job is even remotely approaching that of the President's. That would be absurd.

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Re:President Obama schools SV CEOs on why government is not ... by AndrewKemendo on Thursday October 20, 2016 @03:24PM (#12755307)
Let's not pretend like the scope of a CEO's job is even remotely approaching that of the President's.

Not currently. There have however been "CEO's" in the past that have.

The Presidency Armies come to mind first but there are others. The key distinction now is if they control nuclear arms.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_armies

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