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Anonymous wrote:Mamdani’s economic populism isn’t radical - it’s reactive.

After decades of corporate greed, stagnant wages, and soaring costs of housing, food, and everything else, his socialism is a direct response to a broken system that's failed the majority of Americans.

This is true. However, his reactionary policies won't address the causes of these bad economic outcomes but will instead make them worse.

Works just fine in many other countries. NYC is practically its own small country, so it’s a great place to pilot it in the US.

In which country does it work just fine?

Any democratic socialist country works to make things better for its population, and they run many public-private partnerships, as would be the case here.

This is not a radical idea, but it seems that some people have really been conditioned to hate the idea of people getting benefits from their tax money. Pretty weird if you ask me.

https://theweek.com/politics/mamdani-government-run-grocery-stores

https://www.modernretail.co/operations/unpacked-the-history-of-city-owned-grocery-stores-and-how-public-private-partnerships-have-worked-in-other-markets/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdanis-most-surprising-proposals-from-city-owned-grocery-stores-to-arresting-netanyahu/

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mamdani-city-run-groceries

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Anonymous wrote:Capitalism not done right is the problem. Anything extreme doesn’t work. Why can’t people accept there are programs called socialist programs that are necessary and working alongside non corrupt capitalism would work.

Capitalism has a huge problem though, it’s greed and corruption. And capitalists are the first ones that want to eliminate regulations to keep corruption and greed in check.

Once the most corrupt broken administration leaves office maybe the country two can work together. Just like the most successful countries in the world

The institutions that make this a first world civilized nation are all socialist (public schools, police, fire departments, city water departments, libraries, public parks, even public restrooms).

The US is not a capitalist country and hasn’t been for over a century now. A real capitalist country is not one where most people would want to live

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Anonymous wrote:Capitalism not done right is the problem. Anything extreme doesn’t work. Why can’t people accept there are programs called socialist programs that are necessary and working alongside non corrupt capitalism would work.

Capitalism has a huge problem though, it’s greed and corruption. And capitalists are the first ones that want to eliminate regulations to keep corruption and greed in check.

Once the most corrupt broken administration leaves office maybe the country two can work together. Just like the most successful countries in the world

The institutions that make this a first world civilized nation are all socialist (public schools, police, fire departments, city water departments, libraries, public parks, even public restrooms).

The US is not a capitalist country and hasn’t been for over a century now. A real capitalist country is not one where most people would want to live

True there are no 100% capitalistic countries anymore than there are 100% communist countries. However the US is unbalanced. We have foreign oligarchs and billionaires with too much power and too much money and too many people worshiping them.

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Anonymous wrote:Mamdani only won the primary because of younger voters - most of whom are well-off and have never known a day of hard work in their lives. This should be fun to watch.

That's what you tell yourself. But also because of people like me and my peers. We're all GenX. Did you think only youngsters voted for him? You would be wrong.

Not PP: This NYC-residing GenXer did NOT rank Mamdani and will NOT be voting for him in the fall. I want to vote for a millennial socialist like a hole in the head. Probably going to write in Adrienne Adams.

Can you explain your dramatics concerning Mamdani?

I’m actually surprised Gen X is so against socialism. I guess they don’t mind that Social security will end for sure with them despite a lifetime of paying taxes

We're not against policies that help other people. We just hate phony virtue signalers like these so-called socialists.

Right. I am totally fine with losing my safety net as long as I’m not governed by some guy who is too virtuous seeming bc it MUST be fake!!! And if he checked the wrong box on his college app at 17 yo, forget it! I will not tolerate a candidate like that, even if he does care about working class and middle class issues. No thanks!! /s

If I am proven wrong eventually, I'll admit it. However, in the meantime I recommend that you prepare yourself for the possibility of being disappointed. No sarcasm.

Proven wrong about what?

And if you hate Mamdani, tell us what’s good about the other candidates?

That he's not up to the job.

I don't hate Mamdani. I just don't think that making engaging videos qualifies someone to be Mayor or indicates that he will be successful at the job.

This is how we keep ending up with 80 year old presidents. Then they elected the least qualified one in history to do it again.

Fresh blood is needed.

DP.

As are fresh ideas. Mandani just bundled a bunch of old, failed ideas in a slick Gen Z hipster-beard and social media package.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve known New Yorkers, especially younger transplants, who never been to a grocery store. They just survive off coffee, deli sandwiches, hot dogs, and pizza. They will go to 100 bars over a year in Ny but only go to a grocery store once if at all

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Anonymous wrote:Mamdani’s economic populism isn’t radical - it’s reactive.

After decades of corporate greed, stagnant wages, and soaring costs of housing, food, and everything else, his socialism is a direct response to a broken system that's failed the majority of Americans.

This is true. However, his reactionary policies won't address the causes of these bad economic outcomes but will instead make them worse.

Works just fine in many other countries. NYC is practically its own small country, so it’s a great place to pilot it in the US.

In which country does it work just fine?

Any democratic socialist country works to make things better for its population, and they run many public-private partnerships, as would be the case here.

This is not a radical idea, but it seems that some people have really been conditioned to hate the idea of people getting benefits from their tax money. Pretty weird if you ask me.

https://theweek.com/politics/mamdani-government-run-grocery-stores

https://www.modernretail.co/operations/unpacked-the-history-of-city-owned-grocery-stores-and-how-public-private-partnerships-have-worked-in-other-markets/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdanis-most-surprising-proposals-from-city-owned-grocery-stores-to-arresting-netanyahu/

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mamdani-city-run-groceries

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WHY do Mamdani supporters want government owned empty grocery stores for poor people?

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Anonymous wrote:Mamdani’s economic populism isn’t radical - it’s reactive.

After decades of corporate greed, stagnant wages, and soaring costs of housing, food, and everything else, his socialism is a direct response to a broken system that's failed the majority of Americans.

This is true. However, his reactionary policies won't address the causes of these bad economic outcomes but will instead make them worse.

Works just fine in many other countries. NYC is practically its own small country, so it’s a great place to pilot it in the US.

In which country does it work just fine?

Any democratic socialist country works to make things better for its population, and they run many public-private partnerships, as would be the case here.

This is not a radical idea, but it seems that some people have really been conditioned to hate the idea of people getting benefits from their tax money. Pretty weird if you ask me.

https://theweek.com/politics/mamdani-government-run-grocery-stores

https://www.modernretail.co/operations/unpacked-the-history-of-city-owned-grocery-stores-and-how-public-private-partnerships-have-worked-in-other-markets/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdanis-most-surprising-proposals-from-city-owned-grocery-stores-to-arresting-netanyahu/

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mamdani-city-run-groceries

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Again, why is there no food in this taxpayer funded grocery store??

Anonymous wrote:What aggravates me is state controlled stores have been tried again and again.

But some thick-headed people ignore it unless they see it for themselves. It's a learning disability and everyone has to suffer because of their idiocy.

Anonymous wrote:In the past decade, I have employed a lot of fresh graduates from top universities. Many are now in their 30s and not one has gotten married or had a child. I think only one was able to purchase a home. These are all statistics one cannot ignore and are why Mamdani is magnetic to the youth.

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Anonymous wrote:What aggravates me is state controlled stores have been tried again and again.

But some thick-headed people ignore it unless they see it for themselves. It's a learning disability and everyone has to suffer because of their idiocy.

There's no proposal to take over the existing supermarkets. Merely to create a few cheaper alternatives.

You want to unironically talk about being thick-headed and ignorant and idiocy and learning disabilities yet you seem to have missed that key nuance and distinction.