He's talking about small retail businesses, like furniture stores. Who on earth is out there talking about socializing retail furniture? I have a high general

He's talking about small retail businesses, like furniture stores. Who on earth is out there talking about socializing retail furniture? I have a high general opinion of the author, but this essay is on the level of, "Capitalism == $900/dose insulin, why do you hate poor people?" Capitalism vs socialism is a debate that hinges on specifics, not generalities. Are we building a library or a yacht? Socialism works really well for one of those and not the other. Anybody who waxes rhetorical about why one is better than the other in airy abstract terms is pushing an agenda.