https://nitter.nl/adamjohnsonNYC/status/1617989992630059011

    • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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      God that one was such a classic :marx-ok:

      "If you're taking the subway, obviously * :bootlicker: * you should pay the toll"

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      But have you considered that in different places good things can't work for no reason? smh the looney left

        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          That isn't a real reason though.

          For universal healthcare I also see that the US is too spread out, which I guess could apply to public transport too.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      The difference is that public transit IS tax supported

      Unlike the agriculture industry?

  • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    My brain loves to play a game called, "how much power level is Adam Johnson hiding?"

    The results vacillate widely.

      • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Sure but they talk suspiciously often in the vein of "push the Dems left" style discourse, basically treating a capitalist party as a legit way forward. Is it a way to appeal to libs and pipeline them (clearly their main target audience) or do they legit think that we just need to tax the rich more?

        • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          I can only speculate, maybe they see courting liberals in that way as their role in doing political work? However, there is no group of people in America who are willing to give the DPRK any semblance of legitimacy and dignity other than Marxist-Leninists.

          • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Hmm I retired to think of verified non-MLs that defend North Korea and came up empty, lol. You might be on to something.

    • Sleve_McDichael [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Honestly I’m impressed at how long he and Nima have been able to hide their ideologies

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I am pretty sure the chud is making fun of it. They will absolutely brag about buying groceries.

  • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Worried that people will sell groceries they don't need?

    Obvious bullshit aside, who would do they think would buy scalped groceries if you made them free for everyone?

    :thonk:

  • join_the_iww [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Eh. I think free subways are a good idea, but I don’t think removing prices from food is a good idea. One is durable infrastructure, the other is a commodity that gets consumed. Some foods require more resources to make & transport than others (e.g. fancy foreign cheese vs regular cheese, lentil pasta vs plain lentils) and there should be a price system to reflect that.

    Better idea is universal food stipend.

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Removing all profit motive from food production and the sale of raw foods would fundamentally alter the way we distribute food and probably conserve millions of tons of it annually, as there's no motive to hold onto older foods for sale and they'd get to places where they'd be consumed quicker instead of going into the trash.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Depends on if we're talking about the near future or full communism.

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I’m actually with you. I think food is one of the few places where markets to dictate prices are a good idea, with serious stipulations like a universal food stipend, a ceiling on prices of staples, etc.

      But at the end of the day everyone can’t eat as much of the highest quality foods they want all the time, society and the planet can’t produce enough for that.

      Assuming everyone has enough to eat, and no one is being abused, some sort of market system to dictate the prices of preferred food items and indicate what food we should produce more of is not a bad idea