“they are able to…” Yes, but if they don’t then they’re still workers. If you get paid a wage contingent on your labor, you’re a worker. If you make money from scalping other peoples’ labor, you’re petite or bourgeoisie.
As for PMC, if one isn’t a manager that manages people that they decide to hire/fire, then they’re not PMC. That phrase has been so butchered online.
People use it to mean professional media class and professional managerial class. Its stright iut the window now.
The thing is once people earn that much money, 99% of the time they do employ others. It’s how capitalism functions
