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So, people are starving and so they’re stealing food - even to organized crime levels of food theft?
by t-writescode 4y ago
So, people are starving and so they’re stealing food - even to organized crime levels of food theft?
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThere is no connection between "people are starving" and organized gangs stealing $200K of cargo at a pop. The organized gangs aren't Robin Hood. They aren't giving it to hungry people.
- t-writescode 4y agoAre you missing the global context of how much more expensive food is? Sure they might not be “giving it to hungry people” that you know; but they themselves might also be hungry, or people they know. We have no idea what they’re doing with the food; and that means both of us don’t know.
- Waterluvian 4y agoAt that scale, they’re likely profiteering off a commodity whose value is outpacing the logistics security. They’re making prices worse for everyone.
- t-writescode 4y agoSure, but that’s not my point. My point is that this is a further reflection of the tipping point of food prices that we are experiencing.
- Waterluvian 4y agoAh yes. I agree. The fact that criminals are stealing food now does indicate it’s becoming more worthwhile to steal. Prices are going up.
- diydsp 4y agoi would suggest it's the confluence of a number of changes. Including the higher food prices, we have: better comms like, cell phones, multi-user "database" like google docs, guns almost too cheap to meter and available within a 2-day cross country drive with no waiting period anywhere in the united states, more powerful vehicles for catching up to food trucks, and hauling away with quickness, low-touch mostly anonymous local and national branded markets with advertising and sales like tiktok, insta, craigslist, and ebay, as well as news spreading how other people are getting away with it, and possibly a lack of good information about where to get food from food banks. And if that's not enough, there are lots of recipes being shared. Just kidding about the last part.
- witheld 4y agoNot everyone, not if you have an eye for identifying discount grocery stores with clearly grey market goods!
- Firmwarrior 4y agoFat Tony said it best https://youtu.be/i6q_2zZXHMg https://youtu.be/i6q_2zZXHMg
- anigbrowl 4y agoIf you're desperate you steal opportunistically to satisfy your need. People who make a business out of it aren't usually the same kind of people. As different sorts of crime go I don't think this is that bad, but more of the downstream costs fall on poor/working class people because they're low-margin goods to start with.
- horns4lyfe 4y agoDo you honestly think these are starving people just trying to get a meal? Honestly?
- roenxi 4y agoAlthough arguably this would be an economic inefficiency and so increases the cost of getting food to those starving people.
- londons_explore 4y ago> The organized gangs aren't Robin Hood. They aren't giving it to hungry people. There are many cases where organised gangs are robin hood. Gangs need the local population on their side. They will pay for festivals, art, schools, etc. sometimes.
- luckylion 4y agoSometimes does the heavy lifting. Most of the time, they sell drugs in the community, rob people and businesses in the community, and shoot people in the community who aren't happy with their actions or are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- yucky 4y agoIs that in-between drive-by shootings that kill neighborhood kids? I'm sure the neighborhood easily forgives a murdered 12-year old when they see a block party paid for by the gang members.
- fortran77 4y agoCould it be a response to our Government's wage and saving theft that comes from printing money to bail out Silicon Valley Bank and to pay for rich kid's college loans? (I don't think so. Someone just found a risk/reward profile to make money that they're willing to bet on.)
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