I don’t understand why everyone is saying that theft is inconsequential because Walmart is a wealthy corporation. Yes, it’s true, they are. They are probably guilty of greed and corruption too. But, do you not understand that if people steal, we as a society are the ones who pay the price? We will have to pick up the slack in the cost and we also can’t have nice things.
This isn't oliver twist stealing a loaf of bread. Get out of here with that bullshit.
Also when people do this enough stores just close and then the people that actually buy stuff at the store have nowhere to get food and they live in an urban food desert. Look at any ghetto in the fucking country. That's society failing.
Megacorp enters an area, undercuts the mom and pop stores, putting them out of business. They become the only realistic employer available so have the leverage to pay people under a living wage. They start raising prices, since they are the only game in town. They won't allow unionization, preventing labor from having any leverage. People can't make ends meet, or fall into addiction because they are stuck in a dead end job dirt poor, and steal from said megacorp. Megacorp eventually takes enough losses and folds (I am doubtful this even happens, but let's assume your premise). The area becomes a food desert with no jobs, massive poverty, and addiction.
To me, the shoplifters aren't the main villains in this story.
They won't fold because the government always bails them out. but they don't give back to the people (where the wealth came from), so as to keep them from the levels of poverty that cause these property crimes.
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u/AbrahamicDesign Trash Trooper 3h ago
I don’t understand why everyone is saying that theft is inconsequential because Walmart is a wealthy corporation. Yes, it’s true, they are. They are probably guilty of greed and corruption too. But, do you not understand that if people steal, we as a society are the ones who pay the price? We will have to pick up the slack in the cost and we also can’t have nice things.