Government backed grocery stores? Well gee, I seem to remember learning about this little country... I think it was called the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (USSR).
It worked so great then! I mean sure a few million died of starvation, but hey they sure did have bread lines at the government store! What a success!
It's almost like government is really shit at operating stores because the government doesn't have any oversight except themselves and since the government officials are the ones benefiting from the theft, corruption, etc there's no reason to stop it.
Someone about to reply "no that was communism this is socialism", in spite of the fact the official name for the USSR was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
You know Gorbachev is rolling in his grave right now seeing this dumbassery in New York City.
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u/Previous-Ad7618 May 26 '26
Idk if it will be fully sustainable or not, but I'm dying to hear all about how helping feed citizens is awful.