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I read this as a shortcut phrasing, not meant to be literal. Doing something that negatively impacts their stock price could be categorized as "stealing" from
by solarmist 3y ago
I read this as a shortcut phrasing, not meant to be literal.
Doing something that negatively impacts their stock price could be categorized as "stealing" from a billionaire. Is that really stealing?
Purposely infringing on a company's trademarks/copyrights/marketing/etc (I don't mean pirating movies/books/etc) to gain publicity/get started could be called stealing from that company. But I don't consider that immoral in the slightest.
There often isn't simple terminology for discussing these differences, so people use shortcuts like this.
- WalterBright 3y agoSan Francisco amply shows the results of justifying stealing from "The Man". > Doing something that negatively impacts their stock price could be categorized as "stealing" from a billionaire. Is that really stealing? No. There isn't much of a grey area around stealing. > not meant to be literal What's amusing when people try to reframe stealing as "liberating", or "getting paid", meaning they know it's dishonorable.
- solarmist 3y agoNo, at least in my case, it's that I literally don't have the terminology to phrase it better. Such is the case when I'm talking about subjects I have practical experience in but little formal knowledge of.