Blatant goalpost shifting. Conversation was about how representative the anecdotes were to the documented reality of the rate of small business failures. Now, you’re discussing global poverty.
But even if we go with your scrambling goalposts, small business start rates have declined markedly over the past 50 years at the noted high rate of failure:
But even if we go with your scrambling goalposts, small business start rates have declined markedly over the past 50 years at the noted high rate of failure:
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56945
So yes, all signs point to it actually being more difficult for small businesses to succeed.