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It's not about taking versus not taking. The rules of the game that we've put in place favor the haves. The end state of that is a return to fiefs and serfs,
by CuriouslyC 2y ago
It's not about taking versus not taking. The rules of the game that we've put in place favor the haves. The end state of that is a return to fiefs and serfs, if we don't see a revolution first.
We need to create new rules to the game that give the advantage to the small. That lets us keep a "free market" without the homogenization and consolidation. For example, consider progressive taxes based on business size/revenue/etc. If there was a 90% top level corporate tax rate based on company size/revenue, we'd reverse the trend towards mergers and consolidations literally overnight. If most government regulations were relaxed for small businesses (say <= 20 employees) it would provide a massive boost to entrepreneurship. Instead we have rules that favor the big guys.
- robertlagrant 2y agoIt would boost entrepreneurship, but would mean any business that requires 1000 people to function at all may never be built. I don't think it's worth only listing the pros of a change.
- CuriouslyC 2y agoCan you provide an example of something that couldn't be built by a cooperative formed by a number of smaller companies, each trying to solve a part of the problem in an economically viable way?
- IX-103 2y agoI don't think there is anything that can't be built. It's me a matter of the increased expense and inefficiency making things too expensive to be practical.
- ossobuco 2y agoLots of products society would benefit from are cut already with the current status quo as they wouldn't bring enough profits or VC style growth.
- rangestransform 2y ago- Products that significantly benefit from vertical integration like Tesla and iPhone - Apple throwing around their 800lb gorilla weight to have better user privacy and bankroll TSMC’s latest process node - Apple being able to afford gigantic SoC dies in iPhone, compared to android where manufacturers nickel and dime on the SoC and users get flaming pieces of shit clocked to high heaven
- CuriouslyC 2y agoAll those things could be accomplished by a group of businesses entering collective purchasing agreements, without giving one company the power to punish governments.
- rangestransform 2y agoi like that apple has the power to punish the EU over chat control, for example