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Re:Is There a Crisis in Capitalism? by nkkollaw on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:02AM (#20008083)
In this day and age, you often don't need a corporation behind you to provide value.

Actually, it seems like not even in the past you did, since many many companies were started in a garage.

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Re:Is There a Crisis in Capitalism? by omegaworks on Saturday May 25, 2019 @02:39PM (#20010513)
The garage mythos borders on capitalist propaganda.

Here's Steve Wozniak debunking the Apple garage myth:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/05/steve-woz...

And an entire thread debunking the "started in a garage" for the market dominators of today:

https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1119980086420299777

These founders have always had some access to resources above and beyond what is considered "standard issue." It's about time we get realistic about the necessary conditions that were required to start these radically successful companies, because we shouldn't design economies or social policies around myths.

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