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It's strange that your immediate reaction to "I don't think some retail stores pay their employees enough" is to then decide "Everyone should be able to steal f
by monero-xmr 2y ago
It's strange that your immediate reaction to "I don't think some retail stores pay their employees enough" is to then decide "Everyone should be able to steal from those stores without penalty"
- dml2135 2y agoSeeking to explain why people steal from these stores is not the same as saying that everyone should be able to.
- underlipton 2y agoActually, my immediate reaction was to, "Selective enforcement of law based on moral preferences leads to bad places," where the implication was that petty theft is the most pressing matter wrt the deleterious social effects of lacking law enforcement. That reaction was, essentially, "That would be a mismanagement of resources." Which it is. Instances of wage theft dwarfs petty theft (and most other types of theft, combined). Employment discrimination - whether racial/ethnic, sexual, or nepotistic in nature - is a massive contributor to both the desperate financial situations and low trust environments that are a major part of why people are willing to steal. My goal is to actually solve the problem, not engage in Two Minutes Hate.