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submitted 2 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 53 points 2 months ago (14 children)

Remember, folks: if you saw someone shoplift food? No. You didn't.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    Now imagine every tenth customer starts stealing.

    Now the company has to increase prices to compensate for the loss of profits. We all start paying for the shoplifters, ridiculous, right?

    But who are we really protecting by paying more, though? The shoplifters or the company? Who's REALLY the parasite here? The rich company or the person forced to steal?

    EDIT because I might've not made my point clear - if we eliminate the company and replace it with public services, there would be noone to take profit and thus no need to hike the prices.

    Privatization is evil. The idea of profit is parasitic.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    This statement is something that I dont understand. While yeah, if that would happen to a big store, it might be alright but if I ran a corner store, I wouldnt be okay with this.

    Also people who steal food here are gypsies and narcs. Normal people with financial difficulties get their goods from government, food shelters, churches and other help associations.

    Now, I've been fucking dirt poor, I've gone sleep hungry, I've had to walk to every place instead of taking public transit. Still I've never thought about stealing food.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This statement is something that I dont understand

    I’ll try to help fam. The hungry deserve to eat and they have the moral high ground over the ownership class that would rather that person starve and the food they stole destroyed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Could you present a weaker strawman if you tried?

    You aint solving hunger by stealing ribeyes crabs and lobsters.

    Normal people that struggle financially seek help from the government, they go to food banks, there is help to get without having to resort to stealing.

    You don't just wake up one morning and all of a sudden have to steal to survive. This isn't the US. (The hint is in the £ sign)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Because drug addicts are famously affluent and gypsies don't need food at all. Also capitalism is widely known for taking care of the people in need and no one ever goes hungry or homeless unless they want to.

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