i see so many takes like this. even from new yorkers.

tell me you don't know about the park slope food coop without telling me

I don’t say this lightly: 

Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for New York City to drive down food prices by having the city run its own grocery stores is the most economically delusional thing I’ve seen in a long time.

What planet do these people live on? https://t.co/imdKGpZegp

Austen Allred

i see so many takes like this. even from new yorkers.

tell me you don't know about the park slope food coop without telling me

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25455991
https://x.com/austen/status/1937379999482339343?s=46&t=Il5NrMeCjY0zjgXBkcDWtA

failing to see how this is relevant lol

it's a micro-community with no government involvement

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localized community-run nonprofits are great. I went to the park slope coop once and thought it was cool. literally no connection to government run grocery stores

also the psfc model has already spawned similar fcs in a bunch of other neighborhoods. id be surprised if he as a champagne socialist didn't lean into it

haven't seen details but theres community involvement on products and sourcing. other than that theyre both nonprofit stores