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Socialism for the elite but not for the masses?

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 months ago

    So Mamdani’s idea was not even new, and took it from the military? What was all that fuss about supposedly communist run groceries?

    • bitwolf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Because benefits people at the cost of corporations.

      At least with DeCA there is a stone wall of needing to not die during service to access it. So it doesn’t threaten corporations as much.

      • cobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        There’s also the fact that corporations greatly benefit from imperialism. You can’t have imperialism without the military.

      • BigPotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        But, if you die your family gets commissary access for life…

        As long as you stay near a base. Cheaper to pay more at whole foods than drive to the closest Commissary.

        What really matters is the exchange and tax free on big appliances.