Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前TIL the US Military operates a massive non-profit "socialist" grocery chain called the Commissary. It is taxpayer-subsidized and sells goods at costen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1789arrow-down126file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1763arrow-down1external-linkTIL the US Military operates a massive non-profit "socialist" grocery chain called the Commissary. It is taxpayer-subsidized and sells goods at costen.wikipedia.orgWispy2891@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前message-square98linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 个月前So Mamdani’s idea was not even new, and took it from the military? What was all that fuss about supposedly communist run groceries?
minus-squarebitwolf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 个月前Because benefits people at the cost of corporations. At least with DeCA there is a stone wall of needing to not die during service to access it. So it doesn’t threaten corporations as much.
minus-squarecobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前There’s also the fact that corporations greatly benefit from imperialism. You can’t have imperialism without the military.
minus-squareBigPotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 个月前But, if you die your family gets commissary access for life… As long as you stay near a base. Cheaper to pay more at whole foods than drive to the closest Commissary. What really matters is the exchange and tax free on big appliances.
So Mamdani’s idea was not even new, and took it from the military? What was all that fuss about supposedly communist run groceries?
Because benefits people at the cost of corporations.
At least with DeCA there is a stone wall of needing to not die during service to access it. So it doesn’t threaten corporations as much.
There’s also the fact that corporations greatly benefit from imperialism. You can’t have imperialism without the military.
But, if you die your family gets commissary access for life…
As long as you stay near a base. Cheaper to pay more at whole foods than drive to the closest Commissary.
What really matters is the exchange and tax free on big appliances.
Cuz he’s a Commie. /S