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The former is under the control of the latter.

I'm not arguing that parasites don't have control over their host [1], I'm arguing that they're separate entities.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31980266/

They're separate, but one owns and controls the other. I'm not seeing how pointing out that they're separate (a point on which I don't believe anyone here was confused in the first place) adds anything material to this exchange. "Boeing decided something", in a business strategy context, is just shorthand for "the people who control Boeing decided something", because Boeing doesn't ever decide anything. It can't.

> because Boeing doesn't ever decide anything. It can't.

Something tells me the board & shareholders will disagree if any criminal investigations are open on these failures. When companies break the law the shareholders never claim its impossible decisions were made without them. [1] [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_cross-selling_scan...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

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