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I agree with you to some extent on som points. I would say, as far as “food riots,” we have a more immediate threat to food commerce in that in the US and to so

I agree with you to some extent on som points. I would say, as far as “food riots,” we have a more immediate threat to food commerce in that in the US and to some extent Canada that we are moving toward the legalization of crime and this is already having an effect in cities like Chicago, in which they are now pathetically talking about building Soviet style food markets due to such policies.

tptacek 3y ago
We're doing what now? Where do I go to witness these "Soviet-style" markets? Presumably they're cited somewhere in the 2-3 blocks between giant competing Pete's and Mariano's grocery store pairs. Bonus points if the Soviet-style market is on Grand on the near-west side so I can go to Bari for a sandwich.
- dinkumthinkum 3y ago
  Ok, https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-opening-city-run-grocery-store-but-the-concept-is-not-new-socialism-food-deserts-brandon-johnson-usda-argiculture-nutrition-grocery-stores-supermarket-nonprofit-crime-retail-gap https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-ope...
  - tptacek 3y ago
    OK? Food deserts have nothing to do with "the legalization of crime" and have been a phenomenon for 3+ decades in Chicago. They're the product of redlining, not of criminal justice policies. Food deserts occur in the low-income west and south sides of the city, which aren't lucrative to site large retail in. Your argument is really flimsy, and counts on your reader not knowing how Chicago works (or, for that matter, what a food desert is).
    - kasey_junk 3y ago
      Also worth noting Brandon Johnson’s administration has a habit of floating trial balloons of things that will never actually happen. The number of serious policy proposals they’ve been able to accomplish is effectively zero.
      - pvg 3y ago
        A Soviet style grocery seems well out of reach anyway, where are you going to find enough competent abacus operators? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMdb7Ju_nq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMdb7Ju_nq0

tptacek 3y ago

We're doing what now? Where do I go to witness these "Soviet-style" markets? Presumably they're cited somewhere in the 2-3 blocks between giant competing Pete's and Mariano's grocery store pairs. Bonus points if the Soviet-style market is on Grand on the near-west side so I can go to Bari for a sandwich.

dinkumthinkum 3y ago
Ok, https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-opening-city-run-grocery-store-but-the-concept-is-not-new-socialism-food-deserts-brandon-johnson-usda-argiculture-nutrition-grocery-stores-supermarket-nonprofit-crime-retail-gap https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/chicago-proposes-ope...
- tptacek 3y ago
  OK? Food deserts have nothing to do with "the legalization of crime" and have been a phenomenon for 3+ decades in Chicago. They're the product of redlining, not of criminal justice policies. Food deserts occur in the low-income west and south sides of the city, which aren't lucrative to site large retail in. Your argument is really flimsy, and counts on your reader not knowing how Chicago works (or, for that matter, what a food desert is).
  - kasey_junk 3y ago
    Also worth noting Brandon Johnson’s administration has a habit of floating trial balloons of things that will never actually happen. The number of serious policy proposals they’ve been able to accomplish is effectively zero.
    - pvg 3y ago
      A Soviet style grocery seems well out of reach anyway, where are you going to find enough competent abacus operators? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMdb7Ju_nq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMdb7Ju_nq0