The business people involved had already shut down the McDonald's after the French government stopped subsidizing it. Is the former employees then running a food bank out of the abandoned restaurant an attack on business?
Not sure that is the kind of businesspeople you want attract, to be honest.
I see no angle where this action could have a moral hazard effect that could prevent future business from investing in that neighborhood
I'm generally pro private property but at least from the perspective of someone living in the US I sometimes question the idea when it comes to real estate in developed areas.
Ah yes, how dare they help starving people voluntarily, right? /s
I have a dead car out back, and a other car I value. They are both my property. If you come and try to take the one I actually value even the slightest bit, I will come out and object. If you come and take away my trash, I will not object.
Where are the cops sent by McDonalds to object to this tresspass and theft of their valued property?
Lastly, private property, especially land, is routinely reclaimed by the public from private owners, any time the goverenment decides it needs to. No one ever really owns land. It is all ultimately owned by the state.
Unless you're from China - The people/govt compensate landowners when the land is needed for a public project.
It is funny that the parent talks about thugs, because the owner actually paid thugs to physically attack and give death threats to the workers at this restaurant who would not obey him.
There isn't anything thuggish about it btw, the business was closed and the mayor chipped in to help the people running the current food bank.
And personally I prefer to see a bit more human decency and a bit less disgusting American shit food resellers like macdonald's. I know Americans don't know a lot about solidarity and are probably the most individualistic country in the west but come one, "thuggish", lmao