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The rich loot labor value every day. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I get what the guy in OP’s pic is saying, but realistically the ones who are affected the most are small local businesses. If we loot stuff from big box retail stores like Target or WalMart, they can easily absorb the losses and they don’t really give a shit either - they’d most likely just consider it shrinkage. You steal the same kind of stuff from a small independent convenience store, and suddenly the owner has a very real chance of being forced to close down the store, even if it’s a local chain. And even if you looted exclusively from big box retailers or other big name corporations, you’re still not affecting the guys at the top because they make fuckloads of money elsewhere, and last I saw, you can’t actually steal from Amazon unless you’re fine with being a douche and stealing other people’s packages.

Looting doesn’t really do anything. Is it a form of protest? Sure, I can see the argument. Is it an effective form of protest? Fuuuuuuck no.

EDIT: morer clearer message

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

Didn’t this happen to a Walmart in a small town? The Walmart took over all the small business and employed most of them, so when they pulled out of the area because of theft it took all the remaining jobs away?

Daily Mail Link

I found this article but it’s daily mail and doesn’t talk in depth about it.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/walmart-closing-an-everett-store-that-locals-say-was-plagued-by-theft/

I think this might be it? However it doesn’t comment on loss of local jobs…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And even then, you’re still not affecting the guys at the top because they make fuckloads of money elsewhere

Also, they've already made their money off of that convenience store, since the store will have already purchased said stolen product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And if the store stays open, they have to buy more. So it was a free sale from their perspective, it's actually beneficial.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You loot the Walmart, it shuts down, a food desert starts, humans start to starve.

Or, gasp, big government invests some local taxpayer cash to build a grocery store that serves the community.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know that the town existed before Walmart, right?

You know that Walmart crushed the small mom and pop shops that existed before Walmart?

You know that Walmart is a parasite?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I am aware it is a parasite.

I am also aware that after it shuts down because of crime, investors won’t be in a rush to start up another store. Leaving everybody in a small town fucked.

I am also trying to highlight that one Republican town fixed the problem by building a government owned grocery store after their dollar tree shut down.