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Anti-capitalist 'pay what you can' café in Toronto closes after one year in business
*Snicker* Communism only works when it has the power of the state to enforce. After all, the experiment has been tried at both large and small scale in a variety of cultures before, with consistent results. The reproducibility is robust. [NYPOST] A self-described "anti-capitalist" café and coffee shop in Canada named The Anarchist with a "pay what you can" business model will close at the end of the month after just over a year in business.The Toronto shop, which opened in March 2022, will close on May 30, its owner announced in a statement, blaming a "lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources." The café offered drip coffee to customers with a "pay what you can" price tag while charging for other beverages like espresso and tea drinks as well as breakfast pastries to subsidize the lost revenue. It also allowed the public to use its restroom and hang out in the storefront without making a purchase. The store also carried a selection of radical books, art, pins, T-shirts and more for sale. Related: Toronto: 2023-05-02 Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 84 Toronto: 2023-04-17 Iran sentences ten military members to prison In 2020 downing Of Ukrainian airliner that killed 176 Toronto: 2023-04-12 Canada has imposed new sanctions over Russia’s invasion in Ukraine and pledged fresh military support for Kyiv Posted by: Fred 2023-05-17 |
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