This is how the government and government supported large corporations work. I dont even know how you think this is related to capitalism.
How a government in a capitalist country works perhaps. Certainly not how the government worked in USSR or how it works in places like Cuba, China, or Vietnam today.
America is the least capitalist is has been probably in its history. Just because it was founded on something that was quite capitalistic doesnt mean it still is.
Why not push for less regulations so that small business can thrive?
Less regulation is usually bad for small business. Rules against monopolistic / anti-competitive behaviour protect them from bigger rivals.
Regulation have nothing to do with monopolies, typically. Most regulations just make it harder for small business to do things so it benefits the big businesses.
A regulation that places a flat overhead or expense does create a disadvantage for a smaller business. But considering that the smaller business would have been bought up / bullied out in the absence of regulations, it is usually a small price to pay.
More regulation is more paperwork more expenses and more permissions/licenses, it definitely harms small business much much more. I can tell you this as a small business owner whos biggest issue is dealing with government regulations.
Well, without those regulations to protect you you wouldn’t be a small business owner, so I guess they wouldn’t be your biggest issue any more!
When you definitely know what capitalism is.
And you keep encompassing more things in capitalism than belong. Why not push for less regulations so that small business can thrive?
I’m doing no such thing. Capitalist competition necessarily leads to monopolies because successful businesses grow and as they grow it takes increasingly more up front investment to compete with them. On top of it they can just undercut small businesses or buy them out. The game of monopoly is a perfect illustration of how capitalism works. Everybody starts on equal footing, and at the end of the game one players owns everything. That’s how capital concentration happens in real life under the capitalist dynamics.
Meanwhile, the government represents the interests of the class that holds power in society and passes laws in their interest. Under capitalism it’s the capital owning class. These are the people who own the media, pay for election campaigns, lobbying, and so on. And it’s not just me saying this. Here’s what a study analyzing many decades of US policy concludes:
I dont like monopolies either, but what monopolies are causing you the most harm? Mine would be the governemnt monopoly.
I think you have fundamental mistake in that you seem to believe that the economy is a zero sum game but its just not how it works. The only zero sum game that I am worried about is the control of our rights with the governmnet.
What specifically is it that you want peoples lives to look like?
Government is not a monopoly the government is a management organization that resolves differences between capitalists. Meanwhile, if you can’t understand how capitalist monopolies cause harm then you’re beyond help. The whole climate crisis is caused by capitalist monopolies, just one example for you.
I think you have fundamental mistake in that you seem to believe that the economy is a zero sum game but its just not how it works. The only zero sum game that I am worried about is the control of our rights with the governmnet.
That literally has nothing to do with what I said which is that the economy works in the interest of the people who own capital, and these are the same people the government represents. You don’t even understand what the government is apparently.
What specifically is it that you want peoples lives to look like?
I want people to own the means of production. I want all businesses to be run as a mix of state owned enterprise and worker owned cooperatives. The state enterprise is good at providing common things everyone needs like healthcare, infrastructure, housing, and so on. These are things that need to be done regardless of profit motive. Meanwhile, private sector that’s owned by the workers is great at providing all the things where profit motive acts as a motivator. This isn’t rocket science.
But real talk, why are construction sites always like this?
Right now they’re doing work on a bridge over here and every day there’s either one dude out there doing nothin, or there’s a group of dudes scattered about doing nothing, watching one guy work. It’s no wonder this projects gonna take 5 years.
A lot of construction is exhausting. You stand around the hole and take turns digging. By the end of the day you’re still ready to collapse.
Not only that but sometimes you gotta wait for someone else to finish their part before you can do yours.
I never worked construction but having worked on other large, multi-entity projects, I’m sure there’s a lot of “hurry up and wait”.
