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Created: 2025-07-24 22:50:29 UTC

Mamdani’s city-run grocery fantasy isn’t policy—it’s ideological cosplay. Kansas City’s Sun Fresh disaster proves it: $885K losses, shelves stripped bare, cops babysitting tomato aisles while vagrants take over. That’s not a fluke—it’s socialism’s track record.

NYC’s existing EDC markets like Essex Street survive on subsidies and nostalgia, not profit. Mamdani wants to scale this failure citywide, turning stores into activist slush funds while bodegas get crushed.

Eric Adams called it right—this scam isn’t about food access. It’s about laundering taxpayer cash through DSA-approved vendors. New York doesn’t need empty shelves and security patrols—it needs leaders who understand math, not Marx.


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