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[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 132 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So if it’s city owned it’s bad because any profits would go back to the city. But if it private owned it’s good because the profits go to a few rich people? I must be missing something

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 week ago

I think that the problem is you’re looking at this from a reasonable perspective.

[–] kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In fact you could do one better - it doesn't need to make a profit, just break even, so you could either have lower prices, helping the community save money, or higher wages, helping the community spend money. But since it helps most people instead of a few people, it's bad according to capitalism.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That'll cause competition with the private owned stores and force them to push down prices / raise wages until their profit margins are gone, putting them out of business.

The only entity that will buy the defunct stores will be the state , or maybe some actual non-profits , and now the state owns all the grocery stores and communism will be achieved. Then we get bread lines, is that what you want? /s.

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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you're inclined to be charitable, I believe the capitalist-brained reasoning goes something like:

These grocery stores will inevitably run at a loss and/or need to be subsidised - costing the taxpayers money - because the state couldn't possibly run them as efficiently as a private enterprise competing in the free market.

(Not saying I agree.)

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 14 points 1 week ago

"Won't somebody think off the job creators?" they'll unironically tell you after laying off thousands of people.

[–] EldenLord@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes but if it‘s city owned, the profits won‘t go towards exploitation of (mostly) non-white laborers and dismantling the social system. Just think of how many humanitarian aid programs could be defunded and how much the environment could be stripped of its resources if we let the private sector maximize their profits!

/s

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 103 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Won't that just drive business to the city-owned stores? Sounds like he's trying to help!

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice of the billionaire to vacate perfect real estate for city owned grocery stores

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I mean, sure, that's very funny, but please don't help feed the right-wing lie falsely equating democratic socialism with communism.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

To be clear, all socialism, communism included, is democratic. "Democratic Socialism" just refers to reformist socialism, in most cases, or is used to make social democracy seem more appealing. Mamdani has expressed support for more radical groups online, though, so it's clear that he isn't just your typical social democrat at minimum.

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

Why? Maybe if people understand that what they are scared with to be "communism" is affordable housing, public transport and education and not being harassed by police, they will break out of the propaganda alltogether.

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[–] D_C@lemm.ee 50 points 1 week ago

Good. And while you're at it close all your other stores, fucking parasite.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seize his stores then. The city can run them for the people.

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fuck him. They raise prices if people vote for a Democrat. They raise prices if people vote for a Republican.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago

All the while depending on a system based on obfuscation of the fact that a large portion of the time a worker labors for is unpaid.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If a billionaire grocer has decided it's not worth the effort to build a grocery store for a community, why would they be upset that the state fills in the gaps left by them? Be reasonable.

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No matter the outcome, boycott this fucker.

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[–] ThatsTheSpirit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh no /s

Its always the same excuses with these mfers. Do it, we dont care. Take your family and go to africa or russia. Most of the assets however belong, rightfully so, to the society that created them.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Lol.

Capitalist leech says he'll willingly lose capital.

Liiiiiiiiiiar.

The dollar is holy to these freaks. They won't jeopardize a single one.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 week ago

Call his fucking bluff. The only way anything would close is if it isn't profitable (enough). And if they can't turn a profit, well then they need to be better at business! (/s).

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't starbucks do something like this where they just shut a store down the moment it got unionized?

[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably, it's super common as a union busting tactic. Because once labor is organized you can't really put that cat back in the bag.

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More reason to boycott starbucks

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, slap it on the list right next to their zionism.

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Fair, lol. Way too darkly roasted for my liking. Plus, there's the brutal exploitation of the global south to source these beans at the price they are sourced at, too.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago

It sounds like a great plan, this way there will be plenty of nice store locations available for these state own groceries store.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Close it and let the city run it.

[–] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I like that lil commie ghost, where can I get stickers?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You could make them and capitalism the hell out of it.

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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Welcome cheap and wholesome cooperative

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Gristedes is an expensive yuppie supermarket chain like Whole Foods, in some rich areas. I don't think they have to worry about some city-run stores in underserved neighborhoods. It's just pouting.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

Nice of him to make way for the worker owned stores

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Gettin pretty real sick of the class war waged by billionaires against the rest of us. Every one of those wackos on cable news reactionary outlets who went REEEEEEEEEEEEE over the results need to be hunted down like the rabid feral pigs they are.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Bullshit, billionaires are too greedy and morally bankrupt to leave exploited money on the table.

They won't close the highest producing stores and effectively kill a revenue stream out of conviction in something that isn't money, because if they had any beliefs or values above "gimme gimme gimme moar moar moar" they wouldn't be billionaires.

It's not a matter of not needing it, no shit, they have a socially encouraged mental illness.

It would be better for the new socialist stores if they did vacate the market, but they won't. They'll even pull a Walmart and try to do some loss leaders to convince idiots that der free merket menes lower prices for as long as they can stomach it until they find a vector to make the state stores illegal and Jack those prices back up forever.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do it. Someone will fill the gap in the market.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Aldi and Trader Joes will gladly take over all their locations. Those Germans don't care about Red and Blue.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago

Great, now do Amazon.

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