All theft hurts someone. People have this conception that home/store owners are millionaires. That is more often than not incorrect. The margins on products sol

All theft hurts someone. People have this conception that home/store owners are millionaires. That is more often than not incorrect. The margins on products sold can be as low as 1 - 3%. Thus you have to sell 34 to recoup the cost of a single stolen item. The business owner would likely increase prices in order to respond to the theft, thus hurting the community as a whole. Now imagine you are a single mother attempting to feed your child, are you happy to pay higher prices so this guy can live " off the grid"? In more primitive society this person would have simply been killed for this transgression of the social contract. This isn't a hack, its sociopathy.