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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
It doesn't bother me in the least if indies go out of business. If they can't compete against new business models, then adios.
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Where does it lead, though? Instead of a variety of small stores in the neighborhood, there will only be a handful of large online stores. Major supermarkets will only be found in larger towns, and more and more jobs will be outsourced to India, China, etc.
We are almost there. My village, when I moved here twenty years ago, had a bakery and a grocery store. Both closed down years ago already because they couldn't compete with the malls in the nearby town. How could they? They can't match the prices and they can't offer the same selection. The post office also closed, since it wasn't "economical". Now the village has no stores anymore at all, and no one will open one because it would be financial suicide.
Protection of small business isn't different from government aided health care, welfare payments, unemployment money, etc, and I feel that these are core responsibilities of a government. But maybe people who don't cut it, like small businesses, should just die in the streets. It might lead to tax reductions and save money, too.