Communism: it’s what’s for dinner.
Let’s be honest: communism sounds great on paper to starry-eyed if impractical idealists of the youthful persuasion, which is what makes it such a compelling and pernicious ideology.
Via Investopedia (emphasis added):
Marx thought that the capitalist system contained the seeds of its own destruction. The alienation and exploitation of the proletariat that are fundamental to capitalist relations would inevitably drive the working class to rebel against the bourgeoisie and seize control of the means of production.
This revolution would be led by enlightened leaders, known as “the vanguard of the proletariat,” who understood the class structure of society and would unite the working class by raising awareness and class consciousness.
After the revolution, Marx predicted, private ownership of the means of production would be replaced by collective ownership, first under socialism and then under communism.
In the final stage of human development, social classes and class struggle would no longer exist.
The issue is one of practicality.
Human nature lends itself to abuse of authority, which is why every communist revolution in history has resulted in a permanent, predatory state that serves its own interests while paying lip service to the glorious Marxist ideals.
This is why there is no way in hell that state-run grocery stores are ever going to end in anything other than destroyed economies and probably mass starvation, as these entities inevitably use their monopoly on the supply of food as a political weapon against their enemies.
Via Chicago Sun-Times (emphasis added):
Chicago could fill its “food desert” with a three-store network of city-owned grocery stores for an upfront cost of $26.7 million, a consultant has concluded.
The new 200-page report from HR&A concludes Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to open a city-owned grocery store is “necessary, feasible and implementable.”
Necessary because volatility in the grocery market has led to a wave of consolidations and store closings concentrated in South and West Side neighborhoods.
Feasible because the city need not become a store operator, but instead could act to limit the risk for a private operator.
Implementable because the city’s “significant land ownership, funding tools,” storage and “community engagement capacity” makes it “well-positioned” to provide “support and resources to an established operator.”
Rather than fixing the fundamental issues for the lack of shopping options in certain neighborhoods in Chicago — rampant crime being the major cause, in addition to more systemic issues nationwide in terms of food production and delivery — the governing authorities predictably reach for the solution that’s going to give them more power and control over the population.
This is classic problem-reaction-solution: create a problem or simply let it fester naturally, absorb the reaction (public dissatisfaction), and then offer a creative self-serving solution.Related: Corporate State Repackages Gun Violence as 'Public Health Crisis'
Here’s what you’re not going to be able to buy in state-run grocery stores: meat (except maybe zhe bugs, if that can be called meat) or any food not tainted with big ag chemicals. Soon it’ll all have Bill Gates’ proposed vegetable vaccines (“vaccines” inserted into the DNA of the plants that can’t be removed).
