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If only there were some way to substantially reduce the incentive for theft of consumer goods. What could motivate people to theft? They must need something aw
by dsr_ 1y ago
If only there were some way to substantially reduce the incentive for theft of consumer goods.
What could motivate people to theft? They must need something awfully badly. Perhaps fixing the underlying requirements could help.
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- MetaWhirledPeas 1y agoYou're saying it in sort of a condescending way, but there's still truth. Desperation leads to crime, true. But also true: a lack of societal norms leads to crime. Any time we advocate or demonstrate disrespect, cheating, injustice, cruelty, unwarranted rule-breaking, doxing, or any kind of mob mentality we are contributing to it. And yes your favorite political villains are all guilty of this, but we need to start with ourselves and the people close to us.
- ryanmcbride 1y agoWhy wouldn't we start with the biggest offenders?
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- llbbdd 1y agoThey want money and there's no reason not to do it. This isn't a matter of meeting peoples needs, most thefts are not of anything necessary. It's just a job to them.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> This isn't a matter of meeting peoples needs Curious how you reach this conclusion from the point that they do it for money? > They want money > It's just a job to them. That's pretty much exactly how most people meet their needs: do a job for money. That they are stealing things other than what is directly needed is a distraction from the point that they are stealing to meet their needs.
- lazide 1y agoSteal bread to eat it? Meeting needs (directly) Steal baby formula to sell on the black market? May or may not be meeting needs, but it definitely isn’t direct!
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> May or may not be Yes, this is my point. It can't be concluded that they are not stealing to meet their needs.
- lazide 1y agoIt certainly can be concluded it isn’t for a direct need, which is not ‘stealing bread to feed starving kids’.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> it isn’t for a direct need Well, right, but that's not what I was refuting.
- lazide 1y agoStealing to meet abstract secondary needs is criminal for a reason. People don’t sympathize with it because everyone has needs, and if everyone stole to meet them instead of find something more productive to do, society would collapse into anarchy. So yes, I am refuting what you are saying.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago> So yes, I am refuting what you are saying. You're not. You acknowledge my point > Stealing to meet abstract secondary needs But do not refute that this is the reason for the theft, only argue that it is wrong regardless. My only point is that the theft is "a matter of meeting peoples needs". > criminal for a reason I'm not sure of your overall point. Stealing bread to eat is also criminal for the same reasons.
- ryanmcbride 1y agoYou're getting downvoted but you're right, more and more people cannot afford to pay for life's necessities. Wages have stagnated for decades as prices have increased. What possible solution is there other than to address the biggest elephant in the room.
- stronglikedan 1y ago> What could motivate people to theft? Kleptomania > They must need something awfully badly. Dopamine > Perhaps fixing the underlying requirements could help. Prosecution (not just lip service)