• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        The title sucks.

        Both are crimes, one is far, far more significant (as your link describes).

        Shoplifting is a crime. But it is a crime done by those who have been systemically abused. In a more just world shoplifting would be so insignificant to anyone that it would be hardly discussed. (Because people’s needs would be better met in a more just world)

        • BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM
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          1 year ago

          Your correct both are crimes. But one is severely under-punished. If they paid and paid enough then we wouldn’t have as much stealing.

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      1 year ago

      If shoplifting were as serious a problem for owners as wage theft is for workers, then the massive disparity of wealth between the two would not be continuing.