[faintrain]

No one is saying the treatment of small businesses isn’t wrong.

Instead this treatment is a fact of life. We can complain or we can change it.

The HN community complains about this sort of thing often but has been pretty unanimous in being anti-collective bargaining and anti-government intervention.

If you’re not willing to advocate for change but instead complain, why should we pity you.

1. Build your own infrastructure

2. Build your own platform

3. Or change your environment through advocacy

[Hnrobert42]

Ok. But I would suggest that posting an article about unfair treatment of small businesses is a form of advocacy. Perhaps it is an attempt to spur folks into action not to solicit pity.

May I suggest that a more effective response than “I shed no tears for them,” would be “And this is precisely why we need more collective action and regulation. I encourage you to contact your representative about the bill HR 123...”