Now, to address some counterarguments: "Oliver provides a service!" No, he keeps a service that would otherwise be free in a fair-and-just world behind a paywall. "Oliver creates jobs!" Also not true. Cooks would still exist in a society without markets, as they have for thousands of years. "Oliver does managerial work!" No, he hires other workers to do it. "Oliver takes a risk!" No, Dietmar takes a risk. If Oliver ends up "taking a risk" and fails, Dietmar would likely get laid off. "Oliver pays for everything!" With other peoples' money. With the exception of the startup capital, he pays for everything with the value that Dietmar created. "Well what if Oliver took part in the production process like most small businesses do?" The number of small businesses are shrinking. Beate Heister isn't working alongside her employees at Aldi.

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