i once tried to make a version of this point to a certain pundit who is obsessed with monopoly and he accused me of being pro corporate greed
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Vicky ACAB
The definition of "small business" is as slippery, ideological and unhelpful as "non-violence". Small Business is a right wing framing that offers a non-class non-property based analysis and imagines the problem with businesses are their size rather than the fact they exploit and dominate workers
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"Hey see that new big store over there?"
"Yep, no more giving our money to $ASSHOLE anymore!"
The pundit-in-question is so blind to this possibility...
Huge corporations only provide for the ruling class.
Is profit:
Whatever the Market Will Bear
or
Commensurate with Value Added
“Small Business,” is only a term created as a category for the bureaucracy to use for regulatory agencies.
On the other hand, “small business,” is defined by any individual.
Small business is NOT a creation of the Right.
I saw a could people view small businesses hiding money. Are they really thinking of under the counter work done by babysitters, lawn, and food sales?
I'd love to hear more.
Sometimes ‘shop local’ hits different
I'm sure that happens with "small businesses" too
When will someone come up with an answer to that, for votes.
Is it that ALL business is bad?
Or that the capitalist system is so inherently evil that its beyond the ability of society to keep it honestly competitive?
They should be evaluated on how they treat their employees not their size
(Still not clear on the intent of the original post.)
For comparison sake - Australia says anything under 15 employees is considered a small business.