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It is just stuff. I would like to see more approaches like "why are people stealing stuff?", and I lean towards thinking that these people just don't have thei

• jrnichols 5y ago
  It's not just stuff and that is a cavalier dismissal of what is a huge problem. > I would like to see more approaches like "why are people stealing stuff?", and I lean towards thinking that these people just don't have their basic needs fulfilled and they resort to crime. They have their basic needs fulfilled. Crime is a way easier means to an end. They can make more selling stolen merchandise than they'd make in a 40 hour work week. They steal stuff because it's thrilling and it's easy money.