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Anonymous wrote:Can't say I blame them.

Bon voyage!!!

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Anonymous wrote:How are governments grocery stores supposed to work logistically?

I heard Mamdani on a podcast. He is proposing one grocery store in each borough to see if this might work to help bring down the cost of groceries if profit can be removed as a prerequisite. He is proposing this as an experiment to see if it's workable. His willingness to try new ideas is what excites me the most about him.

Does he have business experience?
Where is his wealth from?

What scares you about 4 grocery stores as an experiment to see if they help improve nutritional access/grocery prices in food desserts? Why does the source of his wealth or his background matter at all? Rich businessmen are also encouraged to test out new ideas, but hopefully they realize not all great ideas come from those already established.

Of course they won’t.

Only wealthy leftist yuppies and hippies will show up and the poor, disabled, and unemployed will continue to suffer and eat soda and McDonald’s elsewhere.

Anonymous wrote:Can't say I blame them.

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Anonymous wrote:Can't say I blame them.

Good news! The Big Apple was a much better place to live before the wealthy came. Make NYC fun and vibrant again!!

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Anonymous wrote:All the Jews are going to leave the city and level New York City like Gaza

No one cares

But who is going to pay for everything he promised?

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Anonymous wrote:Dcum...where the people making $1M per year are "middle class" and just need some more billionaire money to make sure the poor get their free food. The height of generosity

Works in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries: pay 65% of the population to not work, do nothing, and keep voting for them.

Sounds good to me

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Anonymous wrote:How are governments grocery stores supposed to work logistically?

I heard Mamdani on a podcast. He is proposing one grocery store in each borough to see if this might work to help bring down the cost of groceries if profit can be removed as a prerequisite. He is proposing this as an experiment to see if it's workable. His willingness to try new ideas is what excites me the most about him.

Does he have business experience?
Where is his wealth from?

What scares you about 4 grocery stores as an experiment to see if they help improve nutritional access/grocery prices in food desserts? Why does the source of his wealth or his background matter at all? Rich businessmen are also encouraged to test out new ideas, but hopefully they realize not all great ideas come from those already established.

Anonymous wrote:Can't say I blame them.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people assuming a city-owned grocery store in a food desert will only be stocked with fruits and vegetables?

There's no reason why it can't include rotisserie chicken, cheap ready-to-eat meals, meal of the day, etc. In fact, if you have one store in each borough, they can centralize prepared food production and do a daily variety.

But won't someone think of the rotting vegetables!!!11!!1!

Processed food has preservatives and can last forever. Dairy and produce cannot. The city will subsidize and pay for all those rotting vegetables and in low income and even high income areas, fresh vegetables are never selected . Grocery chains usually have a deal of the day in produce section to attract customers but with the ice raids and tarriffs that can’t happen anymore so even more Americans are ditching produce

Out of one side of your mouth you all complain about SNAP paying for unhealthy food, screeching about how poor people shouldn't be buying soda, and now someone wants to make healthier food more accessible, and now you're complaining about that out the other side of your mouth. Please make up your stupid little minds, because it sounds like you just don't want poor people to eat.

Ding ding ding!

This! PP cannot figure out if they are taking the MAHA side or not. Sounds like they do not want to MAHA?

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Israel/Palestine was the primary issue in this race, nor would you expect it to be, since New York City is in neither of those countries. Both right-wing Jews and left-wing pro-Palestinians tried to turn this into a referendum on Zionism, but wasn’t he mostly just running on… making the city affordable?

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Anonymous wrote:I think what this primary demonstrates is that the working and middle class - the majority of Americans - are completely up for grabs for both parties. The GOP is all in with the oligarchs and Christian conservatives. Democrats have been all in with progressives - LatinX, Terfs, Trans, CIS whatever, DEI, ACAB, Gaza, masks, and so on.

Normal people reject both. And the party that reaches people on everyday issues - health care, inflation, housing/rent, safe schools, the environment, enormous income disparities, corrupt politicians, and even food deserts - is the party that wins. It seems that Mamdani is hitting that space - really focused on everyday issues for people in NYC that aren't earning seven figures. I do think if the AOC/Sanders part of the Democratic party really focuses on kitchen table issues, they'll do very well nationally.

But if they get lost in the social issues that progressives are all about, Democrats will continue to lose. I get that the NYPD has its issues. But if Mamdani is going to neuter them with "violence interruptors" and "social workers" that lead to an increase in violent crime, it kills Democrats nationally. NYC is a big stage. If Mamdani get this wrong, it'll have national repercussions.

I don't think you understand what progressivism is really about, because the performative identity politics are what the establishment democrats offer because they can't offer real solutions because they are beholden to their corporate donors. Mamdani is a real progressive, and his policies appeal to every day people, just like Bernie's did. The failures of Trumpism and the status quo offered by mainstream dems have only become sharper. Expect to see more actual progressives winning seats.

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Anonymous wrote:All the Jews are going to leave the city and level New York City like Gaza

No one cares

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Anonymous wrote:I think what this primary demonstrates is that the working and middle class - the majority of Americans - are completely up for grabs for both parties. The GOP is all in with the oligarchs and Christian conservatives. Democrats have been all in with progressives - LatinX, Terfs, Trans, CIS whatever, DEI, ACAB, Gaza, masks, and so on.

Normal people reject both. And the party that reaches people on everyday issues - health care, inflation, housing/rent, safe schools, the environment, enormous income disparities, corrupt politicians, and even food deserts - is the party that wins. It seems that Mamdani is hitting that space - really focused on everyday issues for people in NYC that aren't earning seven figures. I do think if the AOC/Sanders part of the Democratic party really focuses on kitchen table issues, they'll do very well nationally.

But if they get lost in the social issues that progressives are all about, Democrats will continue to lose. I get that the NYPD has its issues. But if Mamdani is going to neuter them with "violence interruptors" and "social workers" that lead to an increase in violent crime, it kills Democrats nationally. NYC is a big stage. If Mamdani get this wrong, it'll have national repercussions.

I don't think you understand what progressivism is really about, because the performative identity politics are what the establishment democrats offer because they can't offer real solutions because they are beholden to their corporate donors. Mamdani is a real progressive, and his policies appeal to every day people, just like Bernie's did. The failures of Trumpism and the status quo offered by mainstream dems have only become sharper. Expect to see more actual progressives winning seats.

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Anonymous wrote:How are governments grocery stores supposed to work logistically?

I heard Mamdani on a podcast. He is proposing one grocery store in each borough to see if this might work to help bring down the cost of groceries if profit can be removed as a prerequisite. He is proposing this as an experiment to see if it's workable. His willingness to try new ideas is what excites me the most about him.

Does he have business experience?
Where is his wealth from?