"A Grand Rapids bastion of Marxist politics and vegan burgers is shutting down after five years in business....The Garden Diner and Café—replete with wall murals of Che Guevara in a chef’s apron and raised fists clutching asparagus sprigs—had eschewed tips in favor of paying its workers a living wage and scorned traditional management methods.
...Thad Cummings, one of the restaurant’s original investors, told local Michigan site MLive that the Garden Diner and Café, which was called Bartertown Diner until September, had struggled to pay its workers or turn a profit.
The restaurant’s (now-defunct) Facebook page was flooded with complaints from patrons angry at its slow service.
Patrons hungry for a sandwich would find the café shuttered at odd times, thanks to opening hours set by employee group decision.
...One commentator, who tagged his post “collectivist nincompoopery,” wrote on MLive “why is it that progressives refuse to acknowledge that socialism doesn’t work and never has? It can’t work because it runs afoul of natural law and human nature.”...
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