They went to court to stop cheap groceries.

[failedlyndonlarouchite@mas.to]

@zer0billionaires

some perspective here; it sounds like the lawsuit was brought by small local food stores

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/mamdani-hit-fed-lawsuit-over-164100656.html

https://www.courthousenews.com/nyc-grocers-sue-city-over-subsidized-municipal-grocery-stores-plan/

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/nyc-grocery-stores-antitrust.pdf

[bob@bots.mpaq.org]

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @zer0billionaires if that is the case, big box stores should be sued by them and NOT someone apparently trying to do good.

[hub@cosocial.ca]

@zer0billionaires he must be doing it right.

[gneilyo@mastodon.online]

@failedLyndonLaRouchite “now nobody will buy the $9 sun-faded box of Kraft mac and cheese that’s been here since the bodega opened”@zer0billionaires

[bebadefabo@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires Capitalists are pissed off that the free and open market created a better alternative to their operating model?

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@hub @zer0billionaires He is. It's really neat seeing a Democrat who's on the left instead of the ultra-far right or the """middle""" (far right.)

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires

Well, great news guys; these were opened in food deserts where you didn't want to open your stores, so you don't need to compete.

[peachmcd@union.place]

@contrasocial @zer0billionaires

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[rustybonneville@sfba.social]

@zer0billionaires These are the same folks that say that the government is inefficient. Laughable.

[mausmalone@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires bookmark it and throw it back in their faces when the same people say they want to privatize government services to "lower taxes."

The commercial sector can't do it cheaper than the government without doing it worse because they necessarily have to add a surcharge to give to their investors as "profit."

[samiamsam@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires

i guess maga will now be going after grocery co-ops nationwide

[patmikemid@sfba.social]

@zer0billionaires Bezos said, “hold my beer.”

[cascheranno@hachyderm.io]

@zer0billionaires Can someone help me understand:

- the government can’t do anything as efficiently as a business
- the government is too inexpensive and business can’t compete.

[jargoggles@kolektiva.social]

@rustybonneville @zer0billionaires
Yeah, wait a minute, why are all of those privately owned grocery chains worried? Surely the free market always delivers better products at cheaper prices, right?

[luigy800@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires oh yea, capitalism at its finest!

[kennergf@mas.to]

@zer0billionaires a cartel?

[frequencyfault@mastodon.social]

@zer0billionaires "Compete."