{"id":1104,"date":"2026-04-19T16:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:31:20","slug":"new-yorkers-now-learn-all-about-socialism-always-steal-other-peoples-money-never-use-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/new-yorkers-now-learn-all-about-socialism-always-steal-other-peoples-money-never-use-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW YORKERS NOW LEARN ALL ABOUT SOCIALISM, ALWAYS STEAL OTHER PEOPLES MONEY, NEVER USE THEIR OWN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__YmYMp\">\n<h1 class=\"ArticleFull_title__ucBVR\" data-attribute-guid=\"\">&#8220;Mamdani Mart&#8221; Exposes The Inefficiency Of Socialism In One Chart<\/h1>\n<footer class=\"ArticleFull_headerFooter__pL3D5\">\n<div class=\"ArticleFull_headerFooter__date__1BLSa\">Saturday, Apr 18, 2026 &#8211; 05:05 PM<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__2cHzC\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__DiE4u NodeBody_container__JQPDV\">\n<p>Andreessen Horowitz&#8217;s <em>a16z New Media<\/em> published the most popular charts of the week on financial markets, but the most revealing one came at the end of the note: <em>a comparison suggesting that New York City&#8217;s first grocery store, which will soon be run by unhinged socialists, will be structurally less efficient than private-sector supermarkets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But who cares when it&#8217;s not taxpayer monies?<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s proposed city-owned grocery store in East Harlem would require roughly $30 million in taxpayer funding.<\/p>\n<p>At just 9,000 square feet, the project implies a construction cost of about $3,000 per square foot &#8211; an exceptionally and alarmingly high number by grocery industry standards.<\/p>\n<p>From an economic standpoint, the &#8220;Mamdani Mart&#8221; underscores a familiar pattern: state-directed supermarkets often fail to achieve the cost discipline, operational efficiency, and scale seen in private-sector chains.<\/p>\n<p>xperimented with socialism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/food\/theres-no-nothing-empty-shelves-rotten-odors-plague-govt-funded-supermarket-missouri\"><em>&#8220;There&#8217;s No Nothing&#8221;: Empty Shelves, Rotten Odors Plague Gov&#8217;t-Funded Supermarket In Missouri<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The end result is Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-content-3\" class=\"in-content\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_3_1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When taxpayer-funded stores fail, socialists will never blame themselves but will merely say they didn&#8217;t experiment hard enough.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/there-cuba-connection-behind-radicalization-americas-nonprofit-left\"><em>nd The Radicalization Of America&#8217;s Nonprofit Left<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Socialism is inherently parasitic, abusing productive taxpayers to subsidize left-wing experiments. It always tend to fail. 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