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If people were really smart, particularly in the USA, What do you think they'd stop doing by now? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 2 days ago by NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Giving money to Amazon, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Google .etc

It's like, you can't have an argument for price gouging, when you're enabling them by spending. If people were smart, they'd stop giving them money 10 - 15 years ago and they'd be right now, trying to reconstruct so they can be more economically friendly than how they are now.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stealing isn’t right.

I conditionally disagree. In fact, there are many real situations where stealing is the right option. There are valid reasons why folk lore glorifies figures like Robin Hood. And when it comes to international conglomerates like Walmart, which hoard astronomical wealth while others who can't afford bread starve nearby, theft of the hoard is justice in its most appropriate form (if one values human survival more than legal property rights).

[–] mke_geek@lemm.ee 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Even stealing from Walmart isn't right.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Why not?

[–] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Look. There was a subreddit that got banned because it was a bunch of shoplifters, dumb ones, showcasing what they stole. They all claim that they're doing it to hurt corporations.

If anyone had a clue at all about working retail - that's not how it works. The corporation is going to be sailing just fine. It's you, the worker and the store that's getting hurt.

And that's why these shoplifters are absolute assholes. They steal enough, the store is closed, many jobs lost.

How the fuck is that hurting the corporation?