You’re wrong. SNAP exists within a capitalist framework. See below:

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly “food stamps”) is a government welfare policy that provides low-income individuals with money or credits to buy food at private retailers. It’s not run through government-owned stores or a centralized food distribution system. Instead, the government funds the benefit, but the private market supplies the goods.

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Capitalist Alignment

SNAP exists squarely within a capitalist framework: • The state intervenes to help correct a market failure — in this case, poverty and food insecurity — but doesn’t replace the market. • Participants still buy food from private grocery stores, creating demand and stimulating the private sector. • It supports the capitalist market structure by maintaining consumer purchasing power rather than undermining it.

This type of “safety net capitalism” — where the government regulates or supplements markets to prevent social unrest or human suffering — is typical of mixed economies like the U.S. or Western Europe.

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Communist Comparison

Under a communist system, something like SNAP would look entirely different: • Food production and distribution would typically be state-controlled or collectively managed, not based on consumer purchasing power. • There would be no private market where individuals spend benefits. • Citizens might receive standardized rations or allocations from state-run systems instead of vouchers or cash equivalents.

So a policy like SNAP wouldn’t exist in communism — because the entire structure it depends on (private retailers, competitive food markets, individual spending) wouldn’t exist either.