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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Yes, anyone can potentially own a business, but there's only so many people who can fill a certain socio-economic strata before there's no more room. If a business owner didn't have lower paid employees because everyone else had their own business, then the entire scheme would fail. Capitalism requires a certain number of people to fail, or at least succeed less than others, financially speaking. The entire reason you are able to own your own business, besides your hard work, is that your peers were less successful than you and therefore left an opening for you to exploit.
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I understand the way economic structures work. I never claimed that everyone could own a business, I said i like the option of being able to own one. Capitalism doesn't require people to fail, its just a side effect. Our society in the states is built in with fail-safes for people who don't succeed. Food stamps, welfare, deductions on housing and electricity/water. My peers being less successful then me and leaving an opening isn't always the case. Lots of businesses work in harmony in the states. Finding your niche is all fine and dandy however businesses are always dependent upon raw materials and outside suppliers which actually employ others.