We need to close in ranks and fucking forget about the government.
Probably not wise to forget about the IRS and to ignore law enforcement. And who's going to provide infrastructure? Also, who do you expect to organize and run the military? What about state governments and local municipal governments? Do we forget about them, too, or just forget about the federal government? Or are we going full-on political anarchy?
So you're saying I
don't have to pledge allegiance to the flag of Amazon.com and to the corporepublic for which it stands, one corporation, under Bezos, with Amazon Prime and Justice for all? Blasphemy! Heretic! Lol
It isn't as easy as saying "rely on yourselves" and foregoing the government entirely. I'm for the market and making a profit, I just think some things shouldn't be left to the profit incentive, like education and healthcare, because they benefit
all of us. I don't have any children and don't plan to have them, but I still care about the education system and will pay taxes to support it because it improves the society around me. I think society is better off the smarter we all are, the more educated and well informed the average citizen is, and the better we can educate and prepare future generations for this world.
if every business worked on a socialist or communist basis, how is profit going to be created?
Profit is created by the business being profitable. The question is how should the owner's equity be divided and how should profit dividends be shared? There's a tendency in crapitalism for things to become adversarial between employers and employees, and between buyer and seller. Those who control goods and the means of production will oppress those who work for them unless regulation is put in place to prevent this. Power corrupts and greed is rampant in the corporate world, after all. Politicians have different approaches to these regulations, but they all advocate for forms of regulation and/or tariffs & taxes.
the reason this nation is so wealthy is that corporations and businesses generate jobs.
That's reductionist to say. The U.S. is wealthy because it has abundant natural resources, a stable political system, a well developed judicial system, a strong tradition of upholding property rights which has encouraged corporate growth, technical innovations both by govt. and industry, entrepreneurial spirit, and global economic leadership where the U.S. dollar is the world's reserve currency, giving the U.S. an advantage in international trade and finance.
To be clear though: the U.S. is not a uniformly wealthy nation. There are significant disparities in wealth and income across different groups of people.
