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minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 days agoThe point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
minus-squareEcholynx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoAnd the Department of Defense is the country’s largest food provisioner/retailer, after all.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days 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-up2·7 days 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-up2·7 days 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-up1·7 days 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.
The point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
And the Department of Defense is the country’s largest food provisioner/retailer, after all.
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.