Many people on this sub seem to be in the very early stages of anti-capitalism, and some haven’t even gotten close to that far so let me explain a bit.
Small business and small business owners are no more inherently moral than any corporation. The fact that a company only has a couple workers changes nothing if they are being paid shit wages, treated unfairly, and disrespected.
Just because a small business owner is not wealthy does not mean that they are not a capitalist. If you are employing people and making a profit off their labor, you are exploiting them. Even if they don’t make absurd amounts of money, that doesn’t mean that that they are excused on all counts.
Small business owners are still the owning class, and as such make their money by exploiting the labor of others. There is no inherent different between a multimillion dollar business owner and a small restaurant owner if they live off of the backs of working class people.
I’m not saying that all small business are bad, but there is absolutely no reason to give small business any slack, because they operate on the exact same framework and system of exploitation that large ones do.
We should judge businesses and corporations by their direct actions, and not because “they’re poor and humble, like me.” It’s just another tool of the ruling class to keep people complacent.
It’s all part of the capitalist lie that instead of seeking liberation from oppressors, we should seek to become them.
Everyone deserves a fair wage for a fulfilling and complete life, and just because the person employing you isn’t a multimillionaire doesn’t mean that they deserve to take away your wellbeing.