> you can find a market for luxury cars even in most brutal dictatorships
But you're unlikely to create a luxury car company in an unstable country.
> trying to establish a small business with stable clientele might be quite hard.
There are plenty of small businesses with stable clientele in Bangladesh, Haiti, Yemen, and pretty much every country in the world.
> "symbiotic relationship" is not a bad description of what is still happening.
I'm not saying it isn't. But you still can't have a large company in an unstable country, while you can easily have a fruit stand there. It is the large businesses that benefit disproportionately from the state.
> Startups - not so much.
Right, you probably need a stable country for startups, too. But most countries don't tax startups much anyway.
But you're unlikely to create a luxury car company in an unstable country.
> trying to establish a small business with stable clientele might be quite hard.
There are plenty of small businesses with stable clientele in Bangladesh, Haiti, Yemen, and pretty much every country in the world.
> "symbiotic relationship" is not a bad description of what is still happening.
I'm not saying it isn't. But you still can't have a large company in an unstable country, while you can easily have a fruit stand there. It is the large businesses that benefit disproportionately from the state.
> Startups - not so much.
Right, you probably need a stable country for startups, too. But most countries don't tax startups much anyway.