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Shoplifting is not revolutionary (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/shoplifting@slrpnk.net
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I shoplift to survive, it’s not like a hobby, there’s nothing revolutionary about not paying for shit. Walmart will continue to exist. If its existence was ever genuinely threatened, they would put cops at every entrance and fuckin chase you hard. Seeing people roleplay like they are some master criminals for lifting some potato chips just throws me off kilter. Lifting is badass but there’s nothing revolutionary about it. I do it so I can afford food.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The reason you can't afford food is because precariousness is baked into the system, it's a necessary component to force people to participate in capitalism largely against their will, whether they realize it or not. So, in that sense, surviving in any other way than by selling your labor is at least a little revolutionary, isn't it?

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