[scotty79]

> one example, product lines that do better (as evidenced by market feedback) get more clout and revenue and command more influence.

You describe politics not market economy. It was fully present in communist, state wide, planned economies.

[xpe]

Product lines with market sales are downstream of markets. The degree of per-product profit matters.

If you want to add “politics” to your causal map, that’s fine too. Reality is multi-factor. I do not deny that leaders make (to varying degrees) political and-or command-and-control decisions. This was already baked into the conversational context. Please take the conversational history into account.