Somewhat related, but in my experience advising hundreds of small businesses over the past few years the worst (performing) are the ones that blame excessive re

Somewhat related, but in my experience advising hundreds of small businesses over the past few years the worst (performing) are the ones that blame excessive regulation and government tyranny as a reason for their lack of progress. It's rarely/never that from the independent perspective of the advisor to the company... Not to turn this into a political discussion, but these same small business owners share a similar political leaning and are mostly parroting the canned narrative they hear on their respective talk channels...