ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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.
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.