True, but they're probably not ripping you off and reporting billions in profit. Corporations are almost guaranteed to be. My neighborhood gas station is not on the list.

True, sometimes the most abusive businesses are small.

That is true, but it doesn't automatically mean that business = dishonest. I like to give human beings some benefit of the doubt in a way that abstract things like corporations do not get. They were born into the same superficial capitalist dystopia I was, and their job might simply mean being self-employed and dealing with the general public. As somebody with a desk/wfh job, that sounds sucky in a retail sort of way.

Don't misunderstand me though -- plenty of them are total shitbags. I need to find a new local mechanic and it sucks. I'm just saying check your assumptions.

Did I say it did?