I was thinking this evening about how every town used to have its butcher's store, its hardware store, its various small shoppes with folks selling what the grew, what crafts and arts they created, and their various skills.
And how this way of life has been more and more crushed and destroyed in a variety of ways.
The ways that struck me most were -- the big businesses with their ability to buy in bulk at lower prices, and then sell at lower prices and undercut any family business. Then I thought of the complex regulations and laws which prevent small family businesses from existing because of the costs and simple complexity -- too complex for many folks to deal with. Then I thought about child labor laws, and how children are forced to both be corrupted and miseducated while propagandized in public "schools" in various countries, and so for example the recent incidents in Germany where children are labelled "abused" who work at the family business.
Then I thought about technology and how it makes more and more of these small business jobs untenable because again, it favors the wealthy big businesses who can invest in the most advanced technology and mass produce the cheaper products, determining largely what people may or may not own by market forces.
Then I thought -- well, what does the future hold? What is going to happen as this continues in the future? Will technology reach a point where the small scale producer has a chance again? With the 'printers'? However.. if small families can afford them, why buy something from another small family?
And it looks to be that in the future making a living will be harder and harder outside of -- yes, the government. Just like what formerly was science fiction, those 'arranged' societies, full of government services to various people supported by robotic factories and technology. And so government power predominant. . .
Which is one of the signs of Antichrist, as he'll have tyrannical power over all people. While Antichrist's reign may be brief, for all its terror, -- brief so that some may be saved -- the devil always strives to create a system like that of Antichrist's in all times, and so some times are 'types' of Antichrist's.. not as terrible, but perhaps not too far from as terrible, certainly terrible enough. . .
Now the media gatekeepers and their cliques have their methods of concealing all the evils of these times, and convincing people to become their tools and part of the diversionary and whitewashing crew. . . So that people do not think about what is truly good in life, and to seek God rather than be pleasure seekers who are then disposed to be the tools of a government run system that provides useless pleasures, and thrives on people 'consuming' buying again and again, useless products that do not last. . .
But with technology advancing as it is, is there any path forwards for a simpler way of life for folks if things did not get much worse, or got a little better? For small family businesses? What could it all be like as technology advances further?
Well.. What do people think the future of small family businesses is?