I would be fine with a small town lacking any chain restaurants or big box stores. Imagine that, small business owners could do commerce with each other and not have to have 7-figure sums as barriers of entry?
> or have the police stop responding (an open invite for consequence-free theft)
That's the point: a covert way for people to take back the power even if there is a foot-thick stack of UCC and other bullshit laws preventing them from fucking with Daddy Bezos. The business would have to shut down because it would be de-facto legal to steal from it.
Sorry you like simping for megacorps, but as the UHC shooting shows, people who have had every ounce of power stripped from them will find other means to be heard.
I wouldn't want to live in or near your community where crossing the invisible line between "small" and "large" business means it's open season on me. I prefer social contracts that prioritize stability and trust. Not envy and petulance.
If you're going to commit one of the seven deadly sins, choose a funner one!
If you want to raise higher taxes across the board that's one thing, but becoming hostile is shooting yourself in the dick. An ultimate example of short term over long term thinking.