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In reply to the discussion: What does "abolish profit" mean? [View all]MineralMan
(146,192 posts)I just wrote the content for a website. A guy who had been working for an HVAC company started his own heating and air conditioning company, after learning that business as an employee. Now, he may or may not succeed in going out on his own, but that is his dream. He wants to own the business, not just work for someone else.
The United States is full of small businesses that started just that way. Most are sole proprietorships, whether they do business as an LLC or S corportation. If they succeed, they hire other workers, some of whom will eventually do the same thing and start their own.
Restaurants and many other businesses get their start that way. A person works for others until he or she feels capable of starting a business for him or herself.
That's a fundamental, core value in this country. If you're arguing for government ownership of the means of production, you're arguing against the entire history of this nation, which has always championed individual entrepreneurship.
It's a stupid idea to try to push. It will not win elections. It goes against too many people's dreams.