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

Cohost of /gmfarcaster, a live stream Farcaster news show.  Engineer. Mom x 3.

i get your dmv analogy and its possible they end up that way, but 

-you dont have to shop there, unlike the dmv which you have to use
- theyve already said theyre taking community input on products and sourcing, which is most of the good part about the psfc
- its prob better than the low selection that food deserts currently get, regardless of the model

i wouldnt be surprised if they made it so food coops can simply use govt land to cut rent costs

its pretty expensive generally, but that has a lot to do with rent

its so great. great veg, great cheese, everything's cheap and the full time staff have decent pay and prob better health care than most people negging heh. people paying out their asses for whole foods via instacart thinking they're the gigabrains when rly they're the cucks lmzo

it's a great idea, surely promotes local goods primarily

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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

failing to see how this is relevant lol

it's a micro-community with no government involvement