Programmed to fail

The primary difference between charity from an individual-to-an-individual and charity from an institution is that the individual donor is more likely to be invested in weaning the receiver off of his dependency whereas the institution's existence (and the paid positions within it) relies in the dependency never being cured.

I was watching this video, "Why I will never do charity work ever again" and the woman lays it out in her own words.

She was a single mom on-the-dole. She took classes. She volunteered so she would have "work experiences" to put on her resume (i.e. C.V.). She joined "boards" to develop connections and to learn how act like a professional and to improve her tiny sliver of the universe.

She gained skills and confidence. She wrote a grant to create a paid position in the food coop she worked in. The grant was approved. She interviewed for that position and she didn't get the job. 

The person who was hired by the interviewers was a slob with a defeatist attitude and who had virtually none of the skills the narrator had. The difference is that the narrator who had pulled herself up by her bootstraps told the interviewers that she believed that the food coop could be self-sustaining within three years and could possibly expand without the government aid. The woman who got the job told the interviewers that the food coop would (obviously) shut down the month the funding stopped.

I suspect that Mamdani's government grocery stores are being hatched in the same incubator. They will always require government subsidies to keep their doors open. Employees who point out obvious efficiencies will be shown the door. Most of the NYC votors will applaud.