Who is capital in this case? A lot of people in that business are sole proprietors.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect
If you’re a sole proprietor then it doesn’t really apply to you.
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Replying to @ladyattis @arthur_affect
Yeah, but those are the stakes here for occupational licensing: if it's easier to become a hairdresser, your income is pushed down by competition.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect
Or you can form a cooperative with other hairdressers like some do.
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A local salon here works on that arrangement.
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Replying to @ladyattis @arthur_affect
You can, but that doesn't help unless you're able to get everyone in town to be a part of it, because you risk being undercut by other salons. You're ultimately negotiating with the public, not your employer.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @arthur_affect
That’s not entirely true. If it was true then no cooperative would ever exist so long as someone magically could undercut you.
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Replying to @ladyattis @mssilverstein
Co-ops do, in fact, struggle with pricing and get driven out of business by big private companies all the time
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Replying to @ladyattis @mssilverstein
Why do you think there are so relatively few co-ops
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I dunno, am I really gonna have to defend myself from [citation needed] on something like "Wal-Mart and Amazon have driven countless smaller less exploitative businesses into bankruptcy by competing on price"
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