[horns4lyfe]

If they were operating in a true free market, then you’d have a point, but they’re not. They’re are artificial constraints like min wage, unemployment insurance that pays more, etc. those aren’t market forces, they’re state forces. In that context, you’re implying without realizing that you’re ok with living in a world where the only businesses are the Amazons of the world or those that receive state subsidies. That’s not a world I want to live in.

[AnonMessiah]

Businesses are only able to grow to the size of amazon because of the exploitation of the working class' labor and government subsidies. Minimum wage and unemployment aren't an artificial constraints, they are things that workers have exercised their collective strength in to win concessions from their employers via labor organizing and collective action. It's the same reason we (generally) have an 8 hour work day, a 5 day work week, holidays off, safety requirements, workman's comp, and child labor laws to name a few things.

Edit: fixed typo.

[908B64B197]

I'd argue that business grew the size of Amazon because of those things.

Amazon has economies of scale that smaller shops simply can't achieve. That makes certain business models only viable at their scale.