You mean retail wage theft?
What’s the source on this? Want to explore it and share with a couple people.
Greed causes an over abundance of theft. If there is excessive theft, it’s because of excessive greed.
When people are struggling and banks are telling retailers there is excessive consumer surplus, and retailers raise prices excessively (greed), theft will inevitably increase.
Is nearly everything in the 24 hour news cycle overblown?
If there is a rise in theft it absolutely isn’t having an impact on the record breaking profits being reported. Fuck em.
Quick reminder: If you see someone shoplifting, no you didn’t.
If I see someone shoplifting necessities, no I didn’t. If I see someone shoplifting stupid luxury items, maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. Depends on the situation. If it’s a dumbass white kid who thinks they’re being funny, I sure as fuck did.
And then low cost grocery stores close and neighbors starve. How about you help them pay for it since you are there? Is a little personal ownership over the things you see too much for you?
A reminder not to rat on people failing to make ends meet, when the only damage they cause is a slightly lower profit for a corporation whose CEO lives the private jet lifestyle.
While that might be the only direct result, you’re also assuming that A) it’s only taking place in major chain stores and B) that the effects won’t include price hikes for everyone to compensate for that slight dip in profits.
In reality, corporations have showed us they’re never going to just “take the L”. If something negatively impacts their bottom line, they’ll make up for it by forcing that financial burden onto their customers.
