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Just imagine how much more abundance we would have if we didn't need to build all these security measures to deter bad actors. We are all paying more because of
by brigadier132 3y ago
Just imagine how much more abundance we would have if we didn't need to build all these security measures to deter bad actors. We are all paying more because of these thieves.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoThink about how much easier it would be if teenagers didn't fuck. But teenagers do fuck, so we must deal with the reality of the human condition.
- throwawa14223 3y agoSo expect better of them. Don't make excuses for failure.
- pc86 3y agoImagine thinking "having relationships and growing like nearly every human being has in the history of the species" is in any way comparable to "stealing a bunch of shit from Target."
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoYou cannot solve a problem if you cannot accept the reality of the current situation.
- idiotsecant 3y agoYes, that would definitely translate into abundance for all and not an extra 2% return to the owners.
- brigadier132 3y agoLearn what deadweight loss is. These costs are born by everyone, what percent of the cost is born by which parties is determined by the competitiveness of markets. Normal, law abiding, people are absolutely bearing the cost of bad actors. We bear the cost in the form of needing to pay for police, surveillance cameras, security guards, security software, the justice system, lawyers, and jail cells. The money lost from each stolen good is spread across all other goods in the form of price increases, etc.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago[flagged]
- kennywinker 3y agoThe shareholders who contribute nothing of value and yet still require more and more wealth be extracted from retailers? Yeah, we’re definitely all paying more because of those thieves.
- brigadier132 3y agoLearn what deadweight loss is. These costs are born by everyone, what percent of the cost is born by which parties is determined by the competitiveness of markets. Normal, law abiding, people are absolutely bearing the cost of bad actors. We bear the cost in the form of needing to pay for police, surveillance cameras, security guards, security software, the justice system, lawyers, jail cells. The money lost from each stolen good is spread across all other goods in the form of price increases, etcetera. > shareholders who contribute nothing of value They are shareholders because someone presumably at some point contributed something to society which resulted in them earning money to invest.
- kennywinker 3y ago> someone presumably at some point contributed something to society Even if that is true, which it’s not: in a shockingly high number of cases it is actually harming society that got people money. Even if it is true in a specific case - this premise implies that someone at one point contributing something to society entitles them to drain money from everybody else forever. We all understand how we bear the cost of theft, but i don’t believe that theft is caused by bad people - it’s an inherent byproduct of a system that REQUIRES poverty to function.
- brigadier132 3y ago> Even if that is true, which it’s not It is absolutely true for the vast majority of capital owners. > entitles them to drain money from everybody else forever They are not "draining money" by owning capital that produces goods that are then sold for money.
- throwawa14223 3y ago
- mcphage 3y ago> imagine how much more abundance we would have if we didn't need to build all these security measures to deter bad actors This article has plenty of information about the fact that companies aren't building in security measures because they don't want to pay. Or to put it another way: think about how much better shopping experiences we'd all have if stores weren't constantly understaffed. But they are, and so shopping sucks and shoplifters proliferate.