[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  CityDeskNYC [@CityDeskNYC](/creator/twitter/CityDeskNYC) on x XXX followers Created: 2025-07-25 18:20:59 UTC Mamdani’s city-run grocery fantasy isn’t Costco—it’s Caracas. Military commissaries serve a closed system with federal funding and strict oversight. NYC’s version? A $60M playground for activist-run councils, DEI consultants, and union grifters. The military’s buying power comes from national security budgets—not taxpayer-funded produce stands masquerading as “equity.” India’s socialist Food Corporation model led to ration cards and black markets. Mamdani’s blueprint? Same failure, different borough. The commissary comparison is fraud. Soldiers don’t pay property taxes or union kickbacks. NYC stores would hemorrhage cash on “community food equity directors” and empty shelves while bodegas get regulated to death. Venezuela’s state markets collapsed under price controls and scarcity. Mamdani’s “vision” is reheated disaster—New Yorkers get the shortages, he gets the slogans. Public ownership works in Green Bay because it’s a football team—not a supply chain. Mamdani’s plan isn’t scaling Aldi—it’s subsidizing incompetence. $30M per store buys activist fiefdoms, not groceries. NYC’s track record? NYCHA mold, $500M migrant shelters, and subways that crumble. But sure—trust the guy who thinks rent freezes solve inflation. Mamdani’s not visionary. He’s Venezuela’s ghostwriter—and New York can’t afford his fiction. XX engagements  **Related Topics** [dei](/topic/dei) [$60m](/topic/$60m) [caracas](/topic/caracas) [mamdanis](/topic/mamdanis) [Post Link](https://x.com/CityDeskNYC/status/1948810728640512411)
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Mamdani’s city-run grocery fantasy isn’t Costco—it’s Caracas. Military commissaries serve a closed system with federal funding and strict oversight. NYC’s version? A $60M playground for activist-run councils, DEI consultants, and union grifters. The military’s buying power comes from national security budgets—not taxpayer-funded produce stands masquerading as “equity.” India’s socialist Food Corporation model led to ration cards and black markets. Mamdani’s blueprint? Same failure, different borough.
The commissary comparison is fraud. Soldiers don’t pay property taxes or union kickbacks. NYC stores would hemorrhage cash on “community food equity directors” and empty shelves while bodegas get regulated to death. Venezuela’s state markets collapsed under price controls and scarcity. Mamdani’s “vision” is reheated disaster—New Yorkers get the shortages, he gets the slogans.
Public ownership works in Green Bay because it’s a football team—not a supply chain. Mamdani’s plan isn’t scaling Aldi—it’s subsidizing incompetence. $30M per store buys activist fiefdoms, not groceries. NYC’s track record? NYCHA mold, $500M migrant shelters, and subways that crumble. But sure—trust the guy who thinks rent freezes solve inflation. Mamdani’s not visionary. He’s Venezuela’s ghostwriter—and New York can’t afford his fiction.
XX engagements
