In 2003 a black man played God in a major motion picture that grossed ~$500M (over $820M today).
No one was outraged.
No one boycotted.
No one cared.
Thank the lord this came out before everything became a stupid "Culture War" issue.
Making these government stores 30% cheaper requires taking that money from somewhere else while expanding govt power. Taxes, lost revenue, means-testing bureaucracy, gatekeeping, etc. As Thatcher said, socialism fails because eventually you run out of other people‘s money.
My favorite part: “Here’s how it will work” as if it’s straightforward. Who will be able to purchase those goods at those low prices? Will re-selling be illegal? Will the supply be guaranteed? I wonder how it will actually work. We’ll see. Econ 101 in action. Looking forward to it.
@phil_mcalister Private stores ship bananas from Ecuador for about 60 cents a pound. Mamdani's City Hall is about to prove they can do it for three times the cost, half the bananas, and a press conference about equity.
Reminding Again: Zohran's family still keeps this mansion in Uganda in the richest neighborhood of Kampala surrounded by armed security because everyone else is so poor.
The England football team lost for the same reason the country is losing: the people in charge fear taking a risk and try to hold on to what they have instead of being ambitious about the future.
This attitude permeates everything and it needs to change.