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"Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Source Wikipedia

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There are many forms of business on this planet, from huge international conglomerates to individuals and mom and pop stores Their primary function is make a profit and thus remain in business. In ancient times they provided the hunter gathers with weapons clothing and tools (thou often the individual did this on their own) As time passed and agricultural economies came into being, individuals provided implements to ensure an abundant crop and methods of selling and trading their produce and receiving what they needed to survive. With the advent of the industrial revolution a new form of business came into existence, that of major corporations and businesses. They rapidly grew, created jobs, changed educational systems, established factories, enabled new sources of income, developed different forms of energy, built towns and cities, influenced governments and became a dominant economic and political force. Eventually new forms of social structures were established, with very wealthy individuals (based on business income and  replaced wealthy land owners), industrial workers (eventually formed unions) replaced farm workers, new policies regulations and laws were implemented and the every day life of the common man, woman and child changed dramatically. Today we see tremendous changes are now taking place. Corporations through mergers, acquisitions and growth have mushroomed in size and we are now have trillionaires for the first time. Unions now have become involved in public life and are struggling to stay relevants  Computers, artificial intelligence, drones and robots are replacing workers and ways of making decisions. Business are more and more becoming international in scope and influence. Governments are being asked to become more and more intertwined and involved with and form big business. It is if we are seeing a return in a different and expansive manner of the Roaring Twenties , We must see the situation for what it is and establish policy regulations and laws to protect the the independence of our governments, individual rights, small businesses, educational systems from those individuals and corporate interests whose primary purpose is to make money and influence our ways of life to better themselves lease we enter another Gilded Age. The purpose of government and society is to protect its citizens and provide them with a better life, not enable the wealthy and corportations.

"Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it."  Carrie Underwood