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> An anonymous tip and a few inspections of staff logs and payrolls would make it pretty easy to make this disappear. And culturally treating it like any other
by marcus0x62 3y ago
> An anonymous tip and a few inspections of staff logs and payrolls would make it pretty easy to make this disappear.
And culturally treating it like any other theft: a crime that should subject the thief, in a practical sense, to the risk of imprisonment.
- sneak 3y agoProperty crimes are rarely enforced against the ownership class. Law enforcement in the US exists to enforce the social order and class structure; they have no legal obligation to investigate or prosecute crimes. The system is working as intended.
- marcus0x62 3y agoThat's why I described it as a cultural, not a legal problem.
- baq 3y agoAlways has been. Government is quite literally a criminal organization except it was decided by someone (people, representatives, a monarch, whatever) that this particular one is not criminal and any others like it are, within self-described boundaries. It might or might not be doing criminal things (as in, things we associate with criminal), but it wants and needs a monopoly on those things, otherwise it risks dissolution by internal and/or external forces. It’s thus obvious it’ll prioritize protecting the mafia bosses/sovereigns/elites and thugs/enforcers.
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- pierat 3y agoIn reality.... If you steal $100 worth of food from a store, they'll call the cops and arrest you. If the store steals wages from you in the tune of $1000+, <POOF> its a.... CIVIL MATTER (waves hands).
- wahnfrieden 3y agoWhich incident receives media coverage as it happens?
- pierat 3y agoGiven the breathless reporting of "MAJOR CHAIN STORE SHUTS DOWN SINGLE BUSINESS DUE TO EXTREME THEFT", yeah. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-retailers-close-stores-due-to-shoplifting-are-the-concerns-real-or-overblown https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-retailers-close-stores-... https://www.npr.org/2023/09/28/1202264923/major-retailers-blame-theft-for-their-decision-to-close-locations https://www.npr.org/2023/09/28/1202264923/major-retailers-bl... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/target-store-closures-theft-and-crime-higher-nearby.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/target-store-closures-theft-... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-closing-stores-2023-san-francisco/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-closing-stores-2023-san-... https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/business/target-retail-theft-store-closures/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/business/target-retail-theft-... https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-stores-theft-1.6979493 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-stores-theft-1.69794... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965589/The-stores-closed-doors-rampant-theft.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965589/The-stores... ------------------------ However, on the actual wage theft side, is scattered articles about a single bad company, or policies from stuffy think tanks and "boring" and non-sensationalized sources. https://www.cohousedems.com/news/wage-theft-prevention-passes-house-committee https://www.cohousedems.com/news/wage-theft-prevention-passe... https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2024/2024-10.html https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2024/2024-10.html https://www.propublica.org/article/wage-theft-law-new-york-violators-doing-business https://www.propublica.org/article/wage-theft-law-new-york-v... https://blog.dol.gov/2024/02/07/protecting-workers-rights-at-the-super-bowl https://blog.dol.gov/2024/02/07/protecting-workers-rights-at... https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/01/wage-theft-california/ https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/01/wage-theft-c...
- nullindividual 3y agoThe Target store closings (in Seattle) were not due to violence/theft but rather a cost cutting measure; Target lied. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/target-store-closures-theft-and-crime-higher-nearby.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/target-store-closures-theft-...