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How Bodega typifies Silicon Valley’s cultural ignorance

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39 points pmcpinto | 1 comments | 20 Sep 17 08:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.425s | source
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hownottowrite ◴[20 Sep 17 11:08 UTC] No.15292421[source]▶
How is this "situation" with Bodega any different than the destruction of small town shops (and small towns in general) over the last 50 years?

This article could easily be retitled: "How This Article Typifies Urban Cultural Ignorance of the World Beyond the City Walls."

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falsedan ◴[20 Sep 17 11:15 UTC] No.15292462[source]▶
> How is this "situation" with Bodega any different than the destruction of small town shops?

The $2.5MM funding for a bad vending machine which will only work in cities, in the face of extreme income inequality.

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hownottowrite ◴[20 Sep 17 11:27 UTC] No.15292532[source]▶
Don't get me wrong, I think Bodega is an exceptionally stupid idea. What bothers me is the outrage about the potential loss of these small shops in urban areas when absolutely zero concern was paid to the eventual shredding of the social fabric of rural communities. The author of the article does not address this, even in passing.
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1. falsedan ◴[20 Sep 17 12:08 UTC] No.15292781[source]▶
I guess the cause of that isn't 2 techlife 'product' guys with a ton of other people's money (which they got on the off-chance they completely disrupt the market).

Gutting of small towns is done with multi-year business strategies decided in the boardrooms & committees of giant corporations for shareholder benefit: also bad, but less offensive.