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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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.[/quote]

In which country does it work just fine? [/quote]

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[/quote]

LOL

[twitter]https://twitter.com/HeathMayo/status/1948136805355938078[/twitter][/quote]
WHY do Mamdani supporters want government owned empty grocery stores for poor people?
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The same reason they hold most of their political views: they feel good "doing something" for poor people.  The fact that the policies don't help, or often make it worse, is irrelevant.  As long as the person gets a dopamine hit from "doing something," they will always vote for more "doing something."

In this thread, we have a discussion showing that government-run grocery stores don't have a great track record.  When modern evidence is presented, one poster even notes it's not radical if they are doing it in KC.  The effectiveness could not be less relevant.  Should be a real eye-opener for defenders of universal suffrage.  [/quote]

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