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If you care more seriously, you'd take over the farms and distribute it. Taking over grocery stores without the greater infrastructure is just causing food shortages when the distribution points can't function, and the producers don't have funding
Oh yeah, they tried this in China in the 50s. It went great.
It would be stupid and terrible either way, but that was a government takeover.
How else do you imagine a large-scale infrastructure would happen? an angry mob?
Did you read the post?
It was something they could do a few times. It makes a nice story, but doesn't mean there was any significant change.
The post is not a description of large-scale infrastructure takeover. That was literally the point of this comment thread.
I get what you’re saying but tactically this makes no sense. A farm is only useful over the long term, which would require you to defend it from police and potentially military forces. Groceries can be distributed from stores fairly quickly, so you could give them away quickly if the state forces are slow.
Once. Then the store shuts down and nobody can get groceries.
Seriously asking, did that actually happen in Milan?
Not sure. I know I read about a lot of the places that were subject to looting during the BLM protests closed down. I don't have good info as to what happened with them long term though.
If your goal is exclusively to lootz grocery stores are easier and a better target