https://archive.md/2021.11.06-005053/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-have-never-seen-this-before-in-my-life-this-small-business-owner-raised-starting-pay-but-its-not-enough-in-todays-labor-market-11636136469

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    this is hilariously why right-wingers will occasionally accuse us of being in league with large corporations, because we admit the reality of the competitive nature of capitalism

    yeah, your small business is going to fail when it can't compete with rising labor prices. No shit. Oh wait is the state supposed to intercede on the behalf of tiny businesses to keep it fair, no the state is already owned by the largest corporations

    guess you gotta get a job like the rest of us, mr small business tyrant

    • spectre [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      In a way I've really shifted toward a corporations > small business stance. It's not that either stance makes sense from a socialist point of view, but corporations are quite a bit easier to regulate and nationalize, "after the revolution" or whatever

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        in a particular sense, large corporations do centralize production for us. Imagine if the early USSR had something like Wal-Mart's infrastructure