The left had better start allying itself with small to medium sized businesses because their interests dove tail with that of the individual, i.e. a supplementary income serves both of their purposes. Just drop all of the reactive orthodoxy on both sides of the political aisle. If one values power, control or being right in their own mind more than individual freedom and systemic free flowingness they are part of the problem not the solution. The alliance of the individual and the vast majority of business entities is exactly the prescription for the political fight that is inevitable and necessary.