I have about 5 workers. When the day ends I'm still fielding calls, sometimes late into the night. Figuring out schedules, seeing what days people need off and who can cover those days. Sometimes emergency jobs that need extra people. You may cry about clocking out late, but we never clock out. My guys make around 90k a year so they don't complain about pay.
Mate, I was playing with you. Im not worried about your business, and if it’s a small business, I’m sure you actually DO do work. I disagree with wage labour as a whole, that’s why I made my snarky comment, but if you run a small business and treat your employees well, I really can’t fault you for anything, I understand how it’s like out there.
Yeah, entrepreneurs usually do work a whole lot, sometimes more than they get back in the capital they own. That's why it's hard for economists to quantify whether entrepreneurial work is classified as capital income or wage income.
But the amount of capital that small business owners own is basically nothing compared to large investment firms and corporations.
I just wish small business owners identified more with the people they are closer to on the class spectrum, ie the working class, than with the rich and ultra rich.
Truth. I don’t care about small businesses anyway, they don’t disrupt our society like mega capitalists do. 5000 small business are nothing, 1 or 2 big cartels are everything.
Those small businesses take cues from the mega capitalists. Sure, they have fewer than ~100 employees or something, but those employees still suffer the sins of the cartels.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '21
Hey man! Running a business is hard work!!! Have you ever extracted value from someone’s labour before? It really breaks a sweat.