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In this thread: Wealthy tech bros who were never desperate or courageous enough to shoplift a thing in their lives. That describes me as well, but at least I ha
by Apreche 4y ago
In this thread: Wealthy tech bros who were never desperate or courageous enough to shoplift a thing in their lives. That describes me as well, but at least I have the decency to be self aware about it.
I agree with most of what this video has to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGB7QnOZj3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGB7QnOZj3g
If you are so passionate about stopping theft because it's wrong, then you should be focusing your energy on stopping wage theft and white collar crime which is orders of magnitude more damaging to our economy and society than shoplifting could ever be.
The only case where I would support a larger effort to crack down on shoplifting is when it is organized. The majority of shoplifting cases are just individuals doing it for their own reasons. But occasionally, including recently, there have been cases of organized shoplifting rings. That's a big enough crime that it's worth going after.
- josephcsible 4y agoSince we count not paying wages as theft, why don't we count not paying your rent, car loan, or credit card bill as theft too?
- decebalus1 4y agoI don't think 'wage theft' means what you think it means.
- josephcsible 4y agoI think it means your employer not paying you all of the wages that it owes you. What does it actually mean?
- decebalus1 4y agoA lot more nuanced than that. It includes what you're saying, of course. But it also adds misclassification of employees as contractors, illegal deductions, not granting or paying time off that is agreed upon, manipulating work hour tracking, refusing to grant agreed upon benefits, management/owners participating in tip pooling, etc.. It does ultimately lead to losses on the part of the employee, but comparing 'wage theft' with not paying rent is not just a bad faith argument, it's actually an uninformed ignorant argument.