[DinaCoder99]

> There isn't much point eating together if that sort of politics might come into play, the power differential is too large.

Historically, the value of eating with your men is that the men will actually follow your orders rather than just mutinying and killing you.

[PeterisP]

Historically, fraternizing between enlisted and officers has generally been not only unwelcome, but a punishable offense.

[DinaCoder99]

That is only true for high modern European (western) history.