Corporatism Sucks Balls

The owner and proprietor of a local business that sells wild bird and animal food just passed away. She was a kind woman who genuinely cared about what she was doing. Through her business, she helped many people enjoy a hobby and also took care of local wildlife.

When I was a kid in the 70s in my home town, there were still lots of small businesses on main street and several hardware stores in town. Aspects of that version of America were better than the current version. It had flaws, but was definitely more livable for the average person.

The main model for running a business, now, is to form a corporation and hope that it grows into a primarily financial entity. That is, the owners and managers hope to become idle rich living off of interest and dividends. The mad scramble to escape the necessity of life seems to make the pit of necessity ever deeper.

Even in their early days, those types of businesses are really adjuncts of the banking system and the government. The administration of those entities usually revolves around managing debt and paying taxes and meeting regulations.

Corporatism has made people dumber, meaner, and a weird combination of parsimonious money grubbers and wild eyed conspicuous consumers. It sucks.