Re: NYC Groceries

On 8/22/2026 9:49 AM, dart200 wrote:
> On 8/22/26 9:27 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>
>> "Oh my god, they’re going to subsidize the other grocery stores:
>>
>> So we know that Mamdani plans to open city-run grocery stores in New 
>> York City (the first one is expected by the end of 2027, don’t hold 
>> your breath, public health PhDs are likely getting brought in as 
>> general contractors), but did you know that the plan is also to 
>> subsidize the nearby shops that will be hurt by the government 
>> markets? Yes. See, surrounding grocery stores won’t be able to compete 
>> with the state-run stores’ lower prices. But the Mamdani 
>> administration has an answer for that: funding neighboring grocery 
>> stores so they can lower their prices too. One city representative 
>> said they could offer "policies and programs, grants, incentives that 
>> can come alongside these grocery stores to support other local 
>> independent businesses."
>>
>> I am obsessed with this saga. By the end of it, Mamdani is going to 
>> decide it’s cheaper to just send free yams to everyone in the city and 
>> call it a day. One fascinating thing about giving stuff away is that 
>> people really love it! And they are too dumb to connect the dots about 
>> where the money came from. So Mamdani got a lot of glowing press for 
>> his recent date-night program, where hundreds of parents could drop 
>> their kids off for taxpayer-funded childcare at recreation centers one 
>> evening.
>>
>> Do people realize that this is paid for by all those rich New Yorkers 
>> he hates so much? Like, do they realize that the abundance and wealth 
>> of a society that can do this comes from money being generated by 
>> someone, somewhere, and it ain’t Mamdani? No, they do not. They do not 
>> want to thank their local hedge fund analyst working the 9-9-6 and 
>> paying some 50 percent of his income in taxes. No, no; Mamdani gave 
>> these parents a night off! So fun! Eat the rich!"
>>
>> - Nellie Bowles
> 
> rich people do not "generate" wealth, they by and large collect rent 
> which is how their investments can grow 5-10% while the economy only 
> grows 1-2%
>
Let's not be hypocritical, Nick. By most world standards you're the rich 
kid on the block.
99.9% of all people on earth live in nations states. Only a tiny 
fraction are stateless. 100% of people living on earth pay taxes.

What makes you so special?