Small business is one of the primary pillars of the american dream myth. The small business owner is the noble entrepreneur trying to make their way to financial freedom. They are the first ring on the ladder and exceptionalised for it.

It really ought to be one of the biggest things attacked by the left because the american dream myth is a primary pillar maintaining support for capitalism in the US. It is the cornerstone of people's belief that you can "make it" in america.

With that said I don't believe that so few people wouldn't answer "none" for Large Technology Companies. This poll's data is sus as fuck.

[–] context@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

With that said I don't believe that so few people wouldn't answer "none" for Large Technology Companies.

"none (volunteered)" so "none" wasn't an option for a response, but was recorded if they said it anyway

it's a poll of about 1000 people and the margin of error is already 4 percentage points, so i think the "none" is a lot more dependent on luck of the draw and getting people who despise that particular institution enough to say "none" even though it wasn't offered as a choice

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok so "very little" is the ACTUAL "none" and their addition of "none" is there to play down how bad the lowest response that was actually an option is. This constructs a very different set of results, 16% of society has the lowest possible opinion of police offered as an option in the poll.

[–] context@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

and 6% have the lowest possible opinion of small businesses, the pillars of the american dream myth, the noble entrepreneurs making their way to financial freedom. so 2 to 10% of the u.s. population (given the margin of error) have some genuine class consciousness? as an estimate?

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Sounds about right.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

You can count bourgeoisie as having class consiousness too.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Small business is one of the primary pillars of the american dream myth. The small business owner is the noble entrepreneur trying to make their way to financial freedom. They are the first ring on the ladder and exceptionalised for it.

And why is it especially so, in America?

Because they are merely the modern descendants of the "civilized" lofty-dofty settler-petty bourgeois, who fights for their 'rightful' proprietary 'freedom', against the Indigenous people, who have not taken advantage of this and thus must be genocided for this 'misuse' of such land.

In essence, they are a classical liberal wet dream come true, in the New World...