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I feel like it depends. Stealing is morally wrong no matter what. But I’d probably act as if I saw nothing if someone just stole a sandwich or similar. I’m not sure I’ll act the same if I see a teenage girl of a family that is obviously very well off steal things like makeup (that one literally bragged about it in front of her parents during a dinner where I was invited).

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ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
During Walmart employee onboarding they literally have training on how to apply for government benefits. This is not hyperbole, it is fact. They pay their workers so little that the US taxpayers are forced to subsidize their business model through societal safety nets designed for true emergencies and need, not just corporate greed. But Walmart has managed to monetize that too.

So fuck Walmart. See THAT theft first.

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nephs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
In our society people are acknowledged human through consumption, and that need is hammered onto our heads by ads and beauty norms everywhere.

Belonging is a human need. Sometimes some cheap makeup is all it takes.

But also, the rich people are stealing from us in so much worse ways. A rich teen stealing from a rich corporation is kind of karmaeic, and really, even if she was caught, nothing significant would happen, whilst a poor girl doing the same would suffer a lot more.

Ergo, if you see something, no you didn’t.

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- Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This guy gets it.
  
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Iunnrais@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I don’t know that stealing is morally wrong no matter what. My rabbi taught that if a man steals to survive, the crime is not his, but of his community because they did not save him from poverty. That teaching really stuck with me. Yes, stealing indicates something is seriously wrong in the world, but there’s a big difference in where the evil lies— is it in the thief, or in the society?

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atetulo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Stealing is morally wrong no matter what.

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