psout 🐧🇳🇱1d ago
Erik Uden 🚩
35 days of Iran war could've funded Mamdani's proposed city-owned grocery stores for 800 years.
Apr 5 at 3:05pmWeb
Show threadFurryBeta1d ago
@ErikUden Never money to feed and house people. Always money to kill people
Show threadPasswordsarehard41d ago
@ErikUden I’ve learned that when they say “there’s no money for it” what they meant was “there’s no way to make money from it”.
Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦1d ago
@passwordsarehard4 "Those special interests who give me money haven't paid for it." @ErikUden
Show threadAndii אַנדִֽי18h ago
@passwordsarehard4 @ErikUden
Worse (since there's often opportunity for real entrepreneurs) it's that there's no easy route to rent based income in it..
Show threadMomo1d ago

@ErikUden
You do know the german saying "The money's not gone, only someone else has it now."

Yes, it could have funded the grocery stores but then it would not end up in a Trump buddys pocket. All this shit is just funnelling money into their pockets.

Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiast1d ago

@ErikUden wood and rope is cheap, yet effective.

We can teach children how to erect gallows and guillotines, make it a competition.

Show threadAlex Maryson1d ago

@ErikUden No, that's not how it works. Inflation is around 4-5%, which halves your money in 15-20 years. And when you supply a significant number of stores with practically free food, this inflation skyrockets. These "800 years" will end soon after Mamdani's term ends, if not before.

And no, you can't simply buy real food with this money; the problem isn't the money itself, but the distortion of market incentives.

Show threadSibshops1d ago

@akamar @ErikUden Inflation skyrocketing because some people get some free food sounds made up.

Food banks existed previously and haven't skyrocket inflation.

Show threadAlex Maryson19h ago

@Sibshops @ErikUden Only when food banks are funded by charities and private initiatives, and not by the government with a money machine behind it.

Otherwise, food banks become part of the overall inflation that arises from holes in the budget and is advertised as "stimulation for economic development"

Show threadSibshops12h ago

@akamar @ErikUden Even if the city of New york funds the grocery store with taxes, it won't increase inflation.

I think you are envisioning some scenario which doesn't happen.

Show threadVioletBackpack22h ago
@akamar @ErikUden I mean, the same complaint still applies. The people who worry about the distortion of market incentives for giving food to poor people don’t seem to worry about the distortion of market incentives that comes from bombing a different set of poor people. What do we prioritize? What are we trying to accomplish? A system that maximizes bombing over feeding its own citizens is fucked up.
Show threadAlex Maryson19h ago
@VioletBackpack @ErikUden In this sense, I have nothing to object to. War is the greatest distortion of everything we have: money, the market, civilization, ethics, etc