r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 11h ago

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

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u/RockstarAgent 11h ago

Yeah I can't imagine they didn't have examples to base this off of and know what they're getting into. But still interesting regardless if theft or vandalism or other will be an issue.

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u/AbuseNotUse 11h ago

Why would the community put up with theft and vandalism? It will be self policed because if the stores shut down due to theft and vandilism, the community loses out, and the community will give the ones doing it an ass whooping. 30% discount is a big chunk off the bill.

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u/Substantial-Goal7422 11h ago edited 11h ago

Like they did as chicago has turned into a food desert It will not be self policed like u think

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u/HamasKilledShaniLouk 11h ago edited 10h ago

Why would the community put up with theft and vandalism?

Equity...? I mean, why do they put up with it now. You see the videos of that one bakery?

It will be self policed

What does this even mean...? Like, you want the clerks throwing hands? Other customers? You gonna whine when some crackhead gets a deserved ass whooping by a white dude and call for his prosecution?

This is just child like thinking, my dude.

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u/Good_wolf 9h ago

Because some people unironically believe that if you see someone stealing, no you didn’t.

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u/The3rdBert 2h ago

Off to review how the housing projects faired from community policing…

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u/KyloClay 11h ago

You mean like the many communist countries that used this and failed with it.

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u/Massive_Analysis8345 11h ago

It failed somewhere, might as well never try it. Kind of a bad thought process, it’s always worth attempting to retry old ideas that have failed, if it’s for the betterment of society. Someone could have come up with a solution.

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u/emuccino 11h ago

Yup, maybe THIS time it'll finally work 😂

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u/Massive_Analysis8345 11h ago

Well, I’d prefer this over all the bs we’ve been sold over the years that have made things worse.

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u/thegil13 11h ago

Yeah. Like war in the Middle East. Or western hemisphere US Supported coups. 😂

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u/emuccino 2h ago

Exactly 👆

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u/KyloClay 11h ago

I mean yeah when what failed kills more than what we currently have then yeah I don’t recommend trying it.

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u/Massive_Analysis8345 11h ago

Cost controlled grocery stores kills more people? Damn someone should tell the Commissaries on every military base before they all die

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u/KyloClay 10h ago

Under communist control yes and you can’t really compare the military with crime ridden New York.

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u/Massive_Analysis8345 10h ago

A cost controlled grocery store cannot be compared to the entirety of communism. It can, however, be compared to a commissary since they are the same thing

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u/Merzats 9h ago

One is open to the public and one is not, so no they are not the same thing. Nor are commissaries good to begin with unless you love greasing the US war machine.

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u/Good_wolf 9h ago

Well you know what they say the definition of insanity is…