This isn’t just nostalgia
When we moved to Concord in 1978, our neighborhood had a supermarket, a pharmacy, a gas station and a hardware store that sold almost everything that wasn’t food, including my first lunch box. I remember a store employee waiting on me as I chose that lunch box — when was the last time that happened to you?
The only one of these businesses the government had a hand in closing was the gas station, pulled down to improve a dangerous corner. The rest are long gone, destroyed by capitalism.
Why is socialism so popular? Because more and more of us realize that Chicago School economies of scale is a euphemism for low wages, high prices and lousy service. And how many of those jobs lost in McKee Square offered a living wage and comfortable retirement, two things that no longer exist? The whole system is just designed to make the rich richer and more out of touch.
This September I’ll be voting for progressives in the Democratic primary – they might not win but they will surprise the big money candidates. Get on the bandwagon — you have nothing to lose but your chains.