Thanks for the insights. I thought it was only Stalin who decided to collectivice the farming.

With stocks for instance the owners typically arent involved in the operation

Those are not the real owners but people who rent money.

There are always shareholders who control the board and who make the ultimate decisions. They decide when they want to meet but nevertheless I don’t think that they do much more than managing their companies which includes networking. So even when they don’t work, they will be ‘on’. No pity, they are rewarded more than enough.