Phil ,
Positing Communism as the strawman opposition of Capitalism is convenient but just as disingenuous
It is correct that small classic business owners have narrow margins and therefore small raises of the minimum wage do make it very difficult, but they are unfortunately a steadily smaller percentage of the business world.
Re: Mega corporations and much of the tech world ‘the premise that business owners are “rich and greedy” and need to be punished for exploiting’ everyone, is well on target
And if that is capitalism,it is the capitalism of Animal Farm or Robber Barons 2.0 .
The very least they can do is give back just a bit to the society that made them a success and invariable interference with others’ potential for success