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On the other hand, retail wage theft continues essentially unabated.[0] >By paying less than the legal minimum wage, employers steal an estimated $15 billion e

On the other hand, retail wage theft continues essentially unabated.[0] >By paying less than the legal minimum wage, employers steal an estimated $15 billion every year. This compares to an estimated $14.7 billion lost annually to shoplifting. https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/The%20Steal%20-%20Retail%20Wage%20Theft.pdf https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/The%2...

marcus0x62 3y ago
It is, in fact, possible to be against theft of property and theft of wages. That some employers engage in wage theft does not justify stealing property from them Robin Hood style. Both acts are wrong.
- ToucanLoucan 3y ago
  Both acts are wrong, but one of the wronged parties is a working class person trying to make ends meet, and the other is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that is actively engaged in the theft that is victimizing the former. I'm far more concerned about the person than the corporate entity.
  - marcus0x62 3y ago
    Good for you? That sounds like a luxury belief held by someone insulated from the consequences of rampant burglary and theft.
    - turquoisevar 3y ago
      Whether you deem that a luxury belief or not, you have to admit that there are some heavily favorable outcomes depending on who’s doing the stealing. If someone walks into a store and steals $100 of goods, that person gets a heavier punishment then the corporate employer who steals $100 in wages. You’d think that’s a coincidence?
    - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
      If Walgreens decides the burden of theft is simply too much to bear, they can always close up shop. Entirely or by location. A worker often does not have that flexibility. They have to take whatever they can get, often very much including wage theft. In times of such ludicrous inequality I simply have zero empathy for the wealthy. They have pillaged our entire society with fantasies of infinite growth for decades and the poison fruit of that process permeates every space in our society. If they want empathy and community, they're more than welcome to give away all their money and join the rest of us poors in the shitheap world they have built. Till then, fuck em.

marcus0x62 3y ago

It is, in fact, possible to be against theft of property and theft of wages. That some employers engage in wage theft does not justify stealing property from them Robin Hood style. Both acts are wrong.

ToucanLoucan 3y ago
Both acts are wrong, but one of the wronged parties is a working class person trying to make ends meet, and the other is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate that is actively engaged in the theft that is victimizing the former. I'm far more concerned about the person than the corporate entity.
- marcus0x62 3y ago
  Good for you? That sounds like a luxury belief held by someone insulated from the consequences of rampant burglary and theft.
  - turquoisevar 3y ago
    Whether you deem that a luxury belief or not, you have to admit that there are some heavily favorable outcomes depending on who’s doing the stealing. If someone walks into a store and steals $100 of goods, that person gets a heavier punishment then the corporate employer who steals $100 in wages. You’d think that’s a coincidence?
  - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
    If Walgreens decides the burden of theft is simply too much to bear, they can always close up shop. Entirely or by location. A worker often does not have that flexibility. They have to take whatever they can get, often very much including wage theft. In times of such ludicrous inequality I simply have zero empathy for the wealthy. They have pillaged our entire society with fantasies of infinite growth for decades and the poison fruit of that process permeates every space in our society. If they want empathy and community, they're more than welcome to give away all their money and join the rest of us poors in the shitheap world they have built. Till then, fuck em.