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The word "company" itself is military in origin, Latin "companio", soldiers who lived and ate together in a mess/barracks. In the modern day armies still use th
by gaius 9y ago
The word "company" itself is military in origin, Latin "companio", soldiers who lived and ate together in a mess/barracks. In the modern day armies still use the term, several platoons make a company, several companies make a battalion.
Schools and sports teams also have uniforms, if that helps set your mind at ease...
- sametmax 9y agoI don't think it's sane to mix linguistic origin and social aspirations, especially when it's about comparing the civil and military life.
- gaius 9y agoI don't think it's sane Thanks for your opinion, but you are completely wrong. The military and commercial worlds have been cross-pollinating each other's organisational ideas for centuries. The fundamental problem is the same: one of coordinating large groups of people to achieve a common goal via a hierarchical structure.
- sametmax 9y agoThe way you think is very dangerous.
- quickthrower 9y agoI think the parent is observing reality rather than saying things should be this way in an ideal world.
- reificator 9y agoObserving established patterns is dangerous?
- sametmax 9y agoTaking small similarities between 95% of society vs a specific entity designed to manage dangerous crisis to justify anything. In that case dress code, which is also overkill.
- gvd 9y agoYou do know there are other languages out there where such a comparison doesn't hold?