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[–] sturmblast 48 points 9 months ago (5 children)

look I'm all for sticking it to the Man and stealing if you're actually starving but a lot of you people are just Petty thieves

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The grocery stores are as well when there's record inflation and people struggling and they are all posting record profits.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

what about sticking it to the man because fuck him

[–] Agent641 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Correct. Still not sorry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I always keep in mind the old adage, if you saw someone stealing food, no you didn't.

[–] sturmblast 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I agree if I was starving I would steal too but a lot of the comments in this thread are talking about stealing things that are just expensive because they're expensive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. That day, I did not have time or motivation to read the entire thread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most businesses are too, so why should we be the bigger man?

If they can't handle Capitalism, which includes theft, they should try to change it.

[–] sturmblast 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

most businesses are not thieves that is such a silly way to look at the world. now if you're talking about large corporations in large enterprises I would be a little bit more understanding of your statement. when you're talking small and medium and even large size businesses it's hardly the case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wage theft is significantly more common than petty theft and occurs because the victims often don't have the ability to fight back.

I see where you're coming from but you can't deny that these corporations don't prey on the very people they employ.

[–] sturmblast 1 points 9 months ago

I just said that