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> That's like killing your neighbor and wearing his skin while fucking his wife. Somewhat over the top, no? A bodega is not a religious shrine, it's just a bu
by root_axis 9y ago
> That's like killing your neighbor and wearing his skin while fucking his wife.
Somewhat over the top, no?
A bodega is not a religious shrine, it's just a business like any other. I agree that the naming is tacky (it's like "Walmart" rebranding as "Mom & Pop's"), but that's about the extent of it. Certainly, they are not guilty of "decimating the American dream" by starting a business.
- notthemessiah 9y agoI'm not saying they've done it or are going to do it, just that they clearly want to. And I don't see the Walmart comparison as comparable because this issue is also compounded with the issue of gentrification, which is particularly emblematic of the things that people hate about Silicon Valley and to a lesser extent the Presidency (VC-baked out-of-touch privileged idiots colonizing the urban landscape).
- root_axis 9y ago> this issue is also compounded with the issue of gentrification How is this a gentrification issue? They're distributing glorified vending machines with "bodega" products, it's not as if they're pricing the neighborhood out of paper towels and frosted flakes. This is really a huge overreaction for something very benign.