If you feel that strongly, do something.
Take over the business.

Sometimes people who say that they want to retire, want to retire.

At least it’s meeting a dignified end, unlike the fruit and vegetable market at Rainier & 23rd, that was one of the victims of the arson wave that has been plaguing that area. I suspect the Mutual Fish building will be the next to go up.

Thank you for your service, MacPhersons!! Let’s give this business a dignified, culture war-free sendoff.

@4 As you may know, Charles' writing is very formulaic: he will take some issue trending on social media and/or mainstream news, and then try to tie it in to some dusty economic theory, usually using the term "Keynesian" several times.

In this instance, he is likely referencing the $28 burger at Canlis, which was briefly newsworthy earlier this summer. Don't be thrown by the fact none of this has any relevance to the point Charles was trying to make: random tangents are all part of Charles' preferred style.

@6
Late Stage Capitalism is another one of his favorite terms.
That’s the strong point for most Marxists. Talking and writing. Not so great with actually doing things though.

I've probably been to McPheresons 500 times, so I had several opportunities to observe the owner over the years. He was an absolute jerk to his employees every time I saw him. He would yell at them, belittle them, and just be ornery. Good riddance to him, but sad for the employees and the community. I'll miss the back table most of all.

The drum of late stage capitalism is an easy one to beat - but as Mrs Catalina points out, sometimes people want to retire.
There is a generation of post-war Seattleites who have reached 80, and their businesses are gone.
Yes, it's sad - mutual fish, Willie's taste of soul (closed a few years ago) McPherson, r & l home of good barbecue- you can think of others.
But other businesses rise out of the ashes. Lil reds, ezells, baja bistro.
Yeah, they are more expensive than the former businesses were 20 years ago, but that shouldn't really surprise anyone.

I wish Charles would have interviewed MacPherson and directly asked him about the future of the lot instead of stirring the pot. Let’s hope something good for the community takes its place. https://www.facebook.com/786452069/posts/pfbid02yvetQS5xA8fXGtS5uS6ar3BCGYCXyXvWJPGo3niD799WxK6eXTTuM5uGBqKMXaEWl/?mibextid=cr9u03

Has it been there only 40 years? It was a staple of my youth and we travelled far to shop there. I'll miss it, but life is about change. I'll miss the Japanese Sweet Potatoes, by far the best deal in the region.