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by andrepd 1943 days ago
The things you read I swear.

> If you are unhappy with the terms or products of a company, you are free to shop or work elsewhere.

If you don't work you starve, or at the very least lose your house, car, maybe even your kids. There is no "freedom" of choice, and this is painfully obvious to anybody who is not stuck neck-deep in dogmatic ideology.

> If you believe those companies will capture so much surplus, you could also buy some of their stock and participate.

Sure, let me just get a small loan of 300 mil a month to build my competitor to Uber.

If you're not independently wealthy you probably cannot even get 100k of credit to open a restaurant or a similar small business. Again, that access to capital (nevermind to education, connections, etc) is profoundly unequal, and thus that "just start your own business" is am absurd statement, is also obvious to anyone who isn't blinded by ideology.

> "Capture of surplus" is hate speech

Ahahahaha

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Where there's a will, there's a way. Have you checked out crowdfunding these days? It's probably never been easier.