What you stated doesn't actually counter it, either, since I said "almost". If you "called" then you lost.
As long as you agree it's entirely possible, as evidenced in realty, then there is no further rebuttal needed.
You have no clue what I do in private so your assertions are even worse than silly.
I don't need to know specifics, but you're in absurd territory now Mo. Please tell us generally, no specifics or private information needed, do you really not engage the services, day in day out, in nearly all aspects of your from finance, to retirement, to health, the food, shelter, from big corporations in one form or another? Your fingers are typing things that are in contradiction to your life. I will accept it if you tell me you really do not use and defacto trust through behavior, big corporations. You'll have to be a hermit or something I assume, and no shame in that, sounds kind of neat actually.
The fact is like nearly every other person in our society you trust those services because there is VERY little risk in dealing with companies in the U.S., compared to the alternatives. We have fairly low levels of corruption, legal recourse, and companies are largely restricted to providing you what they say they will, with all sorts of guarantees, federal insurance, etc. etc., etc.
As to "bemoan[ing] the perils of big business", I very much trust business to do what it does best - make money in the most efficient way it can. If that means breaking laws, they gladly do it.
Oh boy. All want to be law breakers eh? Wow. That must extend to you too then, because business is made up of humans, and you're a human. So they are better at then you, is that you're problem with it?
Firms of 1000+ employees make up almost ~39% of the workforce. The next step, 500-999, is another 7% and 250-499 is another 7%. That's ~53% of the work force. Where do you draw the line between "big" and "medium"?
Draw it there for now, 50/50 is enough to be recognized.
So you don't trust the big employers?
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United States Department of Defense 3.2 million United States
People's Liberation Army 2.3 million People's Republic of China
Walmart 2.1 million United States
McDonald's 1.9 million (including franchises) United States
National Health Service 1.7 million United Kingdom
China National Petroleum Corporation 1.6 million People's Republic of China
State Grid Corporation of China 1.5 million People's Republic of China
Indian Railways 1.4 million India
Indian Armed Forces 1.3 million India
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) 1.2 million Taiwan
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Seems you have more cause to distrust government given they are some of the biggest employers right? Surely more to distrust than say McDonalds right? Walmart? I mean, you do realize you can like, oh I don't know, not shop at Walmart, or not eat at McDonalds right? Have you tried fighting government as opposed to "driving past Walmart"?
The government is the people. Where do you live that you think otherwise? I think it's naive because whether I vote at the Fed, state, county, or city level they're the same issues.
Government is the people? That statement makes no sense, it's like you're reciting something you heard once and it sounded neat.
Government is either government, or it's not government. Did you mean government is identical to the governed? That's illogical. Did you mean citizens participate in government? That's true, but if citizens also participate in their own choices distinct from government (like you not eating at McDonalds) and if government no longer owns that choice, the citizen gets to then fully control that choice. If you cannot understand the obvious, basic, fundamental, difference in these two concepts, I understand and will attempt to discuss it with someone who does.