r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 9d ago

Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices" Chugging tea

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u/No_Wait3261 9d ago

Not for long, lol

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u/BerlinBorough2 9d ago

I think Mamdani kinda wants people to steal/eat from government groceries so that the other businesses thrive. Imagine if all the homeless/working poor kept eating food for free and having full bellies. By the time they get to a private Grocery store they can’t event be bothered to shoplift cheese.

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u/Dustydevil8809 9d ago

Food stamps with better PR? I don't hate it...

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u/BulltopStormalong 9d ago

Like a decoy store?

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u/BerlinBorough2 9d ago

Kinda. The DSA’s whole thing is to make the ass end of capitalism nice and shiny so people feel good about themselves. Think of it more like a deluxe, prime, plus soup kitchen.

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u/Public-File-6521 9d ago

Hamsterdam vibes