ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAnother example of Color people gotta be Twice as Good to get Half as Fardiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAnother example of Color people gotta be Twice as Good to get Half as Fardiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoI hear you, but I think state-run liquor stores are just a holdover from Prohibition mentality, not to make sure booze is affordable for the poor.
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 hours agoThe point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoOh I agree, and I love Mamdani’s ideas. I just think state-run liquor stores aren’t a great parallel because they come with issues food stores don’t.
minus-squarekunaltyagi@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 hours agoI’m from the US so I don’t understand what issues might be there if govt operates food stores?
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 hours agoI think that were 2 statements: “state run liquor stores come with issues” - “food stores don’t have those issues, therefore bad parallel”
I hear you, but I think state-run liquor stores are just a holdover from Prohibition mentality, not to make sure booze is affordable for the poor.
The point is that the world doesn’t end when the government sells stuff.
Oh I agree, and I love Mamdani’s ideas. I just think state-run liquor stores aren’t a great parallel because they come with issues food stores don’t.
I’m from the US so I don’t understand what issues might be there if govt operates food stores?
I think that were 2 statements: “state run liquor stores come with issues” - “food stores don’t have those issues, therefore bad parallel”