The mayor’s office says it would be the first major U.S. city to enact such a plan.

  • @[email protected]
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    It sounds like you do have a prejudice against those store chains. Those stores were closed because there was an insanely stupid amount of theft.

    • DreamButt
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      439 months ago

      Funny how that’s the same excuse used by stores in my area that were trying to unionize. Weird that these two things always seem to align. It’s almost like monopolies are bad

        • @[email protected]
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          209 months ago

          How? If you have only 1 grocery store and you need to survive, then you must buy from that store.

          • @[email protected]
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            -219 months ago

            You’re skipping a few steps there lad, 1. There’s more than 1 store, they might not carry everything so you’ll have to go to another store, but that is the reality of mom and pop shops. 2. How is it that a lot of those stores died out in the first place? Because you purchased everything at the large cooperation, and when the mom and pop shops closed you blamed the large storechain WHOM YOU GAVE YOUR MONEY TO. It’s like none of you understand that every action has a consequence and there is no one to blame but yourself. It’s a business, ofcourse they want profit, and you let them to the detriment of the shops you pretend to care so much about. You made your choice, stop fucking complaining.

        • JackbyDev
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          Oh my fucking god dude.

          FOOD DESERT

          By definition there is little to no choice for these people.

        • iByteABit [he/him]
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          09 months ago

          “Voting with your wallet” means fuck all when some people’s wallets are hundreds of thousands times bigger

      • @[email protected]
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        -99 months ago

        Their official statements etc. The one in Chicago hadn’t been turning a profit for 18 years due to theft.

        • @[email protected]
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          -19 months ago

          So you think they went “hey it’s only been 10 years, this theft problem is going to clear up any time…” ?? Change your username, you’re disgracing it.

    • @[email protected]
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      You are screaming at a brick wall. Assume everyone you talk to here is a tankie or at least a commie.

      • JackbyDev
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        49 months ago

        Americans going to the government owned post office that isn’t profitable: Wow, I sure am glad that there is a way for me to send and receive mail, it’s a service everyone needs.

        Americans considering the government opening a grocery store that might not be profitable: This is totally unsustainable and there is too much stealing for this to exist. People do not deserve access to a conveniently located grocery store.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          A lot of people do critize USPS, several years ago Republicans tried to privatize it but there was heavy push back. It’s not exactly hypocritical here.

          • JackbyDev
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            49 months ago

            Implying that a government opening a grocery store in an area because companies closed thiers being some sort of extremist commie take when the government already does this with things like libraries and postal offices and nobody bats an eye.

              • JackbyDev
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                29 months ago

                You are screaming at a brick wall. Assume everyone you talk to here is a tankie or at least a commie.

      • @[email protected]
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        -49 months ago

        I always try to forgo people’s political stance and just debate them on issues as humans. Sucks that these particular humans ignore everything that doesn’t fit their agenda and they all have no fucking responsibility and claim innocence and blame everyone else. It’s pathetic.

        • @[email protected]
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          29 months ago

          If you actually debated people as humans maybe you’d have some empathy for the common people affected by this issue rather than bootlicking

          • @[email protected]
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            19 months ago

            Not selling something is usually less profitable than selling something, it’s not bootlicking to say there may be a reason so many stores closed.