tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post113661354635253358..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: Small Businesses Are Not Our Friends EitherMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1136973151294722622006-01-11T22:52:00.000+13:002006-01-11T22:52:00.000+13:00Well, I can't deny it sounds nice, rather like Ros...Well, I can't deny it sounds nice, rather like Ross Wilson's "high skills high wage economy".<BR/><BR/> A non-profit business with a presence in the city,runing well while providing ethical decently paid employment, fundraising for the local activist community and developing a social network.<BR/><BR/>How many such firms are actually out there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1136954187213631012006-01-11T17:36:00.000+13:002006-01-11T17:36:00.000+13:00I prefer to have a choice over who I buy from. Wit...I prefer to have a choice over who I buy from. Without activist small businesses you're stuck with the same old shit. No options. Better to try and do something better. If it's a non-profit organisation then it shold be no-ones livelihood. <BR/><BR/>It's not just about selling stuff it about having a presence in the city, an alternative to your chain stores and profiteers. <BR/><BR/>If the business runs well then it can provide ethical employment and fundraise for the local activist community as well as develop a social network.<BR/><BR/>My 2c.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1136880371722974712006-01-10T21:06:00.000+13:002006-01-10T21:06:00.000+13:00"Small businesses have no place in an activist com..."Small businesses have no place in an activist community, because they will always act in the interests of their bottom line. I actually don't think it matters if they're operated by a single owner, or by a collective: if people's livelihood depend on selling stuff, they'll do what it takes to keep on selling stuff."<BR/><BR/>Jolly well observed.<BR/> Anarchists, Alliance and Greens take note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com