McDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together

theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/08/mcdonalds-community-centers-us-physical-social-networks
FUCKING CAPITALISM

Whenever someone tells me that it's socialism that wants to destroy aesthetics, values and morals I show them the local McD.

Pure pavlovian programming. Kek, this is why normies are scum, this is like a "10 photos that will restore your faith in humanity" type o'clickbait shite.

remember when the guardian was at least vaguely left of center

is american hopeless at this point ?

ow the edge

The only reason McD is the last bastion of social networking within the lower class is because it's the only thing that doesn't throw you out when you are piss-ass drunk. The same way you could argue that "you can sneer, but it's the local bridge that is the glue that holds homeless communities together".

I've been in lots of crowded McDonalds where people are obviously meeting in groups, and never seen someone "piss-ass drunk"

Define "communities", most upper class and middle class people congregate at PTA and HOA meetings. Many "lower" class whites congregate at gun ranges, gyms, and clubs.

McDonalds fits the definition, as it's a centralized place to hang out at. But I wouldn't really call it "glue" as no business is done there, the McD's could be gone and people would still find a way to eat, smoke and chat. Liquor stores that also sell hotdogs are the most obvious replacement. This isn't true for the places mentioned above.

It does symbolize the destruction of the black liberation movement though, they have achieved equality but traded their own identity in favor of cheap hamburgers and free refills.

go there at 2am when all the bars close

I like me some McDonald's. The food is pretty gud, and it's not to expensive. Also I consider eating there an act of accelerationism.
I bet a promise of free chicken nuggets after the revolution would bring a lot of folks over to socialism.

wew

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most depressing thing I've read this week by far

Sadly OP it's not entirely wrong, McDicks has huge standards for sanitation and is generally a safe, bright place that people know they can go to.

A symbol of porky is better to them than most others

underrated post

socialism has its share of ugliness too

That looks pretty cool, imo

WHY DOESN'T THE WORKING CLASS GATHER AT SWANKY JAZZ BARS AND SLAM POETRY VENUES LIKE US ENLIGHTENED COMMUNISTS?

REEEEEEEEE

can someone please ban this autist

Personally I would prefer stronger bar culture over that of macdonalds, since at least it`s not owned by bourgeois and can have counter-culture elements within it.

Small clubs and bars aesthetic is the best aesthetic. Also produces the best local music and comedians.

Guess what people who gather at a McDonald's to drink cheap whiskey straight out of the bottle by the pint can't afford regular trips to the bar where they charge $10 a drink. Shocking I know.

And the owner of a bar –any bar– is just as bourgeois as the franchisee of the local McDonalds.

but they are owned by petit bourgeois, by supporting McDonalds instead, you're are making it harder to survive as indepentent and family run resturants, therby moving the owners from petit to proletariat. This is good as the petit support the bourgs.

does anyone do this?

Next step in the development of multinationals will be the idea of giving us something to calm our anxieties against homogenization and standardization. Corporations will start putting small places around the globe that look and feel like they're owned by locals and have "local flavor" but will be carefully designed and planned by a team of corporate people elsewhere.

Since small businesses are becoming less and less compatible with late capitalism, larger corporations will have to commodify the experience that small businesses and "native" places have to offer. They will hide any obvious sign that the place belongs to a larger network, because even a small, discreet corporate logo somewhere can ruin the immersion of the experience. People will know this but there will be an unspoken agreement between them and the audience: as long as you don't mention that we're having our fun inside a largelly insipid, calculated, corporate setting, we won't mind it. So be discreet and we'll play along.

And in every single one of these places there will be one anxious left-wing young person, feeling uncomfortable for reasons he can't grasp at yet, because he's not comfortable with the idea that large businesses, with their HQs and decision-makings happening miles and miles away beyond many social and cultural barriers, are the ones selling him their own commodified version of his own community experience, instead of being a person or a family you like and get to know, who can give you "the usual" and come around to talk to you and give you one on the house when they hear you're going through a shit breakup.

Most local restaurants just suck anyway, the food is bland and improperly cooked and the building is usually not cleaned well.

blasphemy

spoken like a true situ or whatever you are. thats a real funny idea, almost like a theme park or reservation.

I think I would prefer to live in the first floors rather than have nightmares with my floor crumbling.