That's kind of been my conclusion as well. I know it's probably still possible but becoming exceedingly rare nowadays.. more so than in the past for sure

I've don't think I've ever met anyone that has actually succeed from running their own business but I have met countless young people that tried to start their own business and failed within 5 years. It was definitely possible many decades ago but the corporations now rule everything. It was pretty obvious to me that Canada is setup for small business to not succeed but many people still don't know this. It's mostly the immigrants now running the businesses and they work constantly. It's pretty much a slave job that will never make you rich. A very sad life. I know the USA is much different but the corporations still rule the USA. Bitcoin will eventually change this. So just keep stacking. Let the fiat boss handle the problems.