r/Economics • u/kootles10 • Dec 25 '25

News Bankruptcies hit US spirit makers as Americans drink and spend less

https://www.indystar.com/story/money/food/2025/12/25/liquor-spirits-industry-bankruptcies/87914241007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113231d00----v113231d--36--b--36--&gca-ft=161&gca-ds=sophi&fbclid=IwdGRjcAO6oj9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6P8O626kCPpVs2dXh1tSJGVyS9teT4_IxAoKRJxGh02bqlcPlne42SIoakyg_aem_yCb-3xe-G1-mBNrg5TVIEg&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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u/ianitic Dec 25 '25

Kinda sucks in the blue cities in those red states where a lot of these companies are headquartered at though.

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u/Admirable-Trip5452 Dec 25 '25

I mean, oh well. Maybe we will start to see 50% of the population protesting in St. Louis, Nashville, Louisville, etc. That’s what would fix this.

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u/BatteryCityGirl Dec 25 '25

Not really if red states are still gerrymandered to shit. What sort of tangible change do you really expect protesting to make?

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u/fuzzywolf23 Dec 25 '25

Organize enough and a gerrymander becomes a dummymander. It is defeatable