07-01-2016, 12:24 PM
(06-29-2016, 09:38 AM)Mikebert Wrote: *I also do not ascribe to the idea that small mom and pop businesses are capitalist, or that what they do is capitalism.
I think you're right about this. I like to think about this in terms of "free enterprise" vs. captialism.
Free enterprise can be any sort of cottage industry on up to the point where the business transcends some arbitrary size and/or influence. Maybe that line in the sand would be the point at which the original entrepreneur can no longer manage his enterprise through one layer of employees? (Or some such concept.)
Some of my ultra-left friends detest almost anything related to "business." And yet, economic exchange among individuals HAS to take place. And that exchange is the basis of enhancing one's life through the exchange of surplus resources.
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