I really hate this extremely politicised takes. The article just tries to refute the "outlandish claim" by saying it's not "organised crime" but shoplifting and

I really hate this extremely politicised takes. The article just tries to refute the "outlandish claim" by saying it's not "organised crime" but shoplifting and fraud as well. I don't care if it's theft by individuals, shoplifting by employees, by customers or fraud. I don't care whether it's "organised or non". There is a 70bln figure of lost products to people who got something for free. Theft is theft and it's happening because people know they won't be punished. Same as the BLM riots, this is wrong, it's symptom of a society which doesn't function properly and it damages mostly honest low earners (with increased prices from businesses having to recoup losses, increasing risk of working in retail, etc) but criminals as well (because they learn crime works and don't join the productive side of society).