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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nah.

Rich people steal for “fun” sometimes.

And something like baby formula is often stolen to be sold overseas, not because they needed it.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe so. But if there’s any possibility it’s a genuine need, don’t ruin a baby’s chance to get fed.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 2 months ago

Uhhh?

These people stripped shelves empty, causing many babies to go hungry because nothing was in stock.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Unless you’re that store’s manager, you should be more upset that people who are hungry aren’t being fed to the point they resort to theft.

Actually, you should be more upset by that either way. I understand not wanting to support theft of food just to eat but something is wrong when you condemn it.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 2 months ago

I support theft of food to eat.

I don’t support organised crime denying babies food.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

you cannot know which one is which when you see a person shoplifting

if you snitch on them, there are two outcomes:

whoever organised the crime of stealing baby formula doesn't get their daily quota from the person they told to do it, and either helps or punishes the person desperate enough to go and do the actual shoplifting for them. You helped a corporation avoid theft
a baby goes without food, and an already impoverished parent is financially, legally, or socially punished. You helped a corporation avoid theft

is it worth it to possibly make a mother cry as her baby goes hungry, to try to help a corporation?

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I feel like taking a whole shelf of baby food is a bit noticable.

[-] groet@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

The question is about which is worse: do you what kids to suffer to make sure nobody can enrich themselves. Or do you allow some scumbags through the net but no child goes hungry?

Ideally of course you could have both but that would first require a few guillotined politicians and capitalists.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_infant_formula_shortage

Notice how theft, shoplifting, or resale aren't present anywhere on that page. The media overstates claims of the prevalence of shoplifting all the time. The claims around shoplifting are bullshit