The LAPD did one recently on a medical imaging office because apparently it’s suspicious that an office full of XRAY and MRI machines uses a lot of power.

I’m not sure your example tracks as there’d be no reason for a grocery store to pay rent without occupying the space. In this analogy, it would need to be some sort of office which would have some tangential effect on surrounding businesses (like restaurants), but those restaurants could just relocate to where the people are now in their homes.

Potatos are terrifying. Now I don’t feel bad about eating so many fries.

I do think that’s the right strategy after seeing how effective it is for people like Trump to use, but there’s a lot of catch-up to do along with battling against state-sponsored propaganda from countries like Russia and China.

It’s definitely a funny thing to joke about but this is exactly how the media and ruling class manipulate people into falling in line with whatever agenda they’re trying to push. It’s quite scary how effective it is and how difficult it can be to combat.