Hm… if only workers owned what they produced

Plus initially there was a risk setting this business up, most fail at this part and end up in severe debt. No one wants to hear about any of this stuff. Like I remember when it turned out that Tesco or something only makes like 5% profit on everything, they just pray to God above that they sell enough to make it worth the bother and so far it has worked out, but the owners of that chain aren't rolling in it at all, it borders on charity work considering the stress and everything it took to set it up. Imagine setting up a "middle man" service that is literally necessary to society (as in, someone had to do this job or no one gets food in places far from the docks). People were still mad about this 5% - makes me wonder if they just hate anyone was "first" and worked hard. Someone was going to fill the role of that service and I think they'd rather it was the government, but it's not like anything would be cheaper, 5% is a tiny margin for profit. Imagine buying products for 95p, selling them for £1 elsewhere after transporting to a more convenient place for the customer, making that 5p profit and still being seen as the bad guy.

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