> Corporations aren't some entities from another dimension. Their earnings must ultimately go to someone. For the global economy as a whole, all the "extraction" that's happening ultimately net out to zero.

I have no idea how this relates to what I was talking about. The reason I asked you that question is because the topic was "local business vs large corporations." What did you think I was talking about?

> I was simply pointing out the dark side of the dynamic you described.

You mean the dark side that I explicitly described in my original comment? Now it's my turn to stop reading, because this is not productive.