Since according to Bill Ackman the presence of a place you can buy eggs without a 100% markup is going to plunge NYC instantly into a Mad Max / Escape from New York style hellscape, what gangs are we all joining?

Personally I’m thinking the one of slightly sexy cultists who worship bodega cats.

How about you comrades?

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    • Private grocery stores […] will go bankrupt.
    • Food shortages develop

    Because food is produced by grocery stores as we all know. And after the private stores go bankrupt the government ones magically disappear I guess.

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      Porks are unable to blame themselves.

      The current cost of living crisis is literally because there currently are shortages, and porky’s been publicly laughing and rolling in dough.

      Not one of them have thought “ok, maybe we pushed our luck.”

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      I’ve definitely increased the amount I steal from grocery stores since November

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    Stores will sell goods at below cost

    People will steal from stores without fear of reprisal

    Spoken like someone who definitely understands why people steal food to begin with.

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    “Poor porky will be unable to compete”.

    Why are porks entitled to comfort and somehow comfort is good for porky but the workers should be subjected to austerity?

    I’ll tell porky what he regularly tells me. “Uhhhh, kiddo. That sounds like a YOU problem!”

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    Funny. Everyone wants to be all “people will blame capitalism when bad things happen” but then can’t understand that the problems they’re worried about would literally only happen because of capitalism. Ugh, liberals.

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      Yeah, but once Zohran’s New York falls they’ll all be hiding in a fortified version of the New York Public library, using the books for heat instead of knowledge, and surviving on pigeon meat from the rooftops. Them broadcasting printed out Reddit posts via the emergency alarm system will be annoying but they won’t be much threat anymore.

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        using the books for heat instead of knowledge

        Yep, that tracks for your average liberals.

        Bunch of terrified liberals hiding in a fortified public library, burning the books for heat, eating the pigeons, and blasting out annoying nonsense over emergency broadcasting, claiming it’s Red Dawn out there, while sane people are enjoying a socdem doing a few decent things… that’d make a good story. And sounds about right for post Red Scare Americans.

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      Smh you commies want to blame capitalism for all your problems just because it’s the system creating all the problems, while free thinkers like me know it’s actually a secret marxist trans cabal or something.

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        Of course capitalism can’t be at fault for everything, that’d be too obvious! Blame the trans people and the commies, they make you feel icky so they must be the cause of your problems! All the conservative populists say so! It’s not class war, it’s obviously queer folks who are the dangerous minority, not the top 1%!

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    Chuds: BIDEN MADE EGGS TOO EXPENSIVE, TRUMP WILL FIX THE ECONOMYfrothingfash

    Also chuds: WHAT? YOU CAN’T JUST SUBSIDIZE GROCERIES, WHAT ABOUT THE SMOL BEAN BUSINESS OWNERS?frothingfash

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    If Zorhan does half the shit these out of touch billionaires think hes going to do, i’ll move to nyc in an instant

    Also lmao that alot of the bad effects they are warning about are already happening under capitalism

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    There are 17 states with Alcoholic Beverage Controls who operate state-run liquor stores. I guess it’s true that private liquor stores are unable to compete, because they’re illegal, but there hasn’t been a liquor shortage in what, 92 years?

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    These people are going to do this. They will send people to steal from these stores and make a silly ebay listing. If that doesn’t work they’ll send people to poison the food in the stores. NYC is going to need a lot of help from leftists to make these projects work.

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      I am definitely going to pay shipping and handling costs for 3 boxes of Kraft Mac & Cheese and a 1-pound pack of chicken breasts. Public grocery stores will never compete with this.

      Any day now, the eBay stores will start accepting food stamps.

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    I was going to say the Trans one, but it’s New York, so there’s probably a dozen Trans gangs like the Dolls, the Boy-moders and other less pleasant named ones.

    So I guess maybe the Auto-Gynephiles who are lesbian street racers

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    Fully subsidising the stores would eliminate theft.

    Edit: and eliminate any resale market.

    Edit: and eliminate food shortages.

    Edit: and private stores would not be necessary.

    Edit: heyyy, maybe they are on to something…