ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 1 month agoAnother example of Color people gotta be Twice as Good to get Half as Farimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down119
arrow-up1989arrow-down1imageAnother example of Color people gotta be Twice as Good to get Half as FarByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoThe point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoOh I agree, and I love Mamdani’s ideas. I just think state-run liquor stores aren’t a great parallel because they come with issues food stores don’t.
minus-squarekunaltyagi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI’m from the US so I don’t understand what issues might be there if govt operates food stores?
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI think that were 2 statements: “state run liquor stores come with issues” - “food stores don’t have those issues, therefore bad parallel”
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s the other way around - government run liquor stores started after Prohibition to make sure liquor laws keeping booze away from minors were enforced properly. Food stores don’t have that issue. And we’re talking about NYC.
minus-squareEcholynx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd the Department of Defense is the country’s largest food provisioner/retailer, after all.
The point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
Oh I agree, and I love Mamdani’s ideas. I just think state-run liquor stores aren’t a great parallel because they come with issues food stores don’t.
I’m from the US so I don’t understand what issues might be there if govt operates food stores?
I think that were 2 statements: “state run liquor stores come with issues” - “food stores don’t have those issues, therefore bad parallel”
It’s the other way around - government run liquor stores started after Prohibition to make sure liquor laws keeping booze away from minors were enforced properly. Food stores don’t have that issue. And we’re talking about NYC.
And the Department of Defense is the country’s largest food provisioner/retailer, after all.