Comment on San Francisco bill would let people sue grocery stores for closing too quickly

• BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most places in the US have become a shit show. It’s not isolated to San Francisco and the least a multi-billion dollar corporation could do before existing this particular shit show is make sure it doesn’t become an even shittier show as a result of their business practices.

  I don’t understand why you think the corporation here is innocent and the city has to deal with the consequences of the corporation’s actions when you clearly don’t trust them to in the first place.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The only reason this law is even necessary is because large corporations like Albertsons have effectively killed their competition in these areas

    That isn’t the reason at all. It’s because of the crime.

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    • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They have to pay to ensure there’s a new grocery store because crime? Not because they’ve already killed smaller shops for decades, creating effectively a duopoly (monopoly if their merger with Kroger goes through)?

      I’m starting to think “crime” is just a conservative catch-all term for “I want to be justified in this”

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They aren’t even being told to pay for it, just provide 6 months notice before closing!

        Find another grocery store, created a co-op etc. none of these are their obligations. I suspect this will get thrown out if passed

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