• DaBabyAteMaDingo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I fucking hate this take. It’s so middle school edgy it cuts my cringe receptors into pieces.

    I get what you guys are trying to say but most people aren’t stealing to feed their babies or provide them with diapers. Most of the people are stealing so they can sell it on the streets. Where WIC and welfare can’t help pay for it.

    I swear, have any of you been poor ever?

    • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Meh.

      Even if 90% of theft is greed and meant to be resold for profit, I’ll still ignore it for the 10% that are stealing out of extreme desperate necessity.

      We live in a country that has 100 billionaires that are undeserved and unearned, arguably. You can become a Millionaire solely by making YouTube videos stuffing your face full of fast food and gaining 500lbs, as a freakshow that gets lots of likes/subscribes. All while public school teachers are on food stamps and infrastructure around the country is degrading and not being improved, etc., etc.

      The system we have is trash. Obviously I don’t support stealing from the little guy, but theft from large corporations I’ll always support. Large corporations inherently steal from the poor, directly and indirectly. It’s inherent to our capitalist system.

      I support the sentiment of the meme.

    • iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I have been poor, yes! Have you ever been outside? Do you think there are diaper black markets? Do you think everyone stealing to make ends meet qualifies for WIC in the first place?