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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1977881

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Banksy isn’t happy with Guess’ latest collaboration.

The legendary anonymous graffiti artist had a directive for his followers on Friday, encouraging them—possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not—to visit the Regent Street Guess store in London and steal the brand’s new collection that features his artwork.

“Attention all shoplifters. Please go to Guess on Regents Street. They’ve helped themselves to my artwork without asking, how can it be wrong for you to do the same to their clothes?”

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[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago

This is horrifying. There’s no good reason to ever steal from a store, period.

[-] Venus@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

Actually, stealing from a corporation is always good under all circumstances. Everything they have is obtained by theft.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s wrong, stealing from a business is never ok. Businesses are what give people jobs and money, and you think it’s ok to just go around taking even more from them? After everything they have done for you? The owner of this shop can probably barely afford to make ends meet. When you steal a Banksy shirt you’re basically stealing food from that business man’s many children. Just because you love Banksy shirts so much. Think about that.

Everything they have is from theft? Wrong, they buy that stuff from other countries like Bangladesh (where they are also creating jobs by the way).

[-] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn nice bit, I had to read 2 times before I decided it was a bit.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

How about having a bit of respect for the law?

[-] TheGamingLuddite@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

Important to understand that every instance of mugging, shoplifting etc combined is less than half of what's stolen by employers via wage theft. In addition, wage theft is virtually never punished with prison time, unlike shoplifting or larceny.

Shirts are not people, not animals, not priceless relics, just commodities. Direct your 'horror' at an actual evil that affects your fellow humans rather than a minor loss of revenue from stolen property.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

You’re definitely confused. The number one type of theft is people stealing from shops and businesses. It happens all the time! Sometimes people come in a big group and run through the whole store stealing stuff just for the fun of it. You see it every day on the news.

Wage theft? I’ve never even heard of that on the news at all, it’s not happening every day like shop theft. But it is a problem. I have employees that I pay 8 hours of wages to and sometimes when I look at the security cams I see that they actually spent several hours sitting around chatting to each other instead of working so yes, it happens. But people stealing from the shop is still the worst kind of theft possible.

[-] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

lmao almost got me, was about to rant until I saw the nickname

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

shaping up to be an all-time bit account

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

horrifying

HAHAHAHAHAHA fuck off mate lmao

[-] temptest@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

These damn commies have no respect for hard work.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

stealings a tough job m8

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Horrifying? Really?

You live such a disgustingly sheltered life that someone stealing fancy clothing is horrifying??

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Stealing anything from a store is the worst thing anybody can do

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lmao good bit, fell for it

[-] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Except when that store is a big multinational that pays their employees the bare minimum for stuff that costs pennies to make but is sold for half their monthly income.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

That’s even worse because that store employs so many people, when you steal from that store it’s hurting all of those employees

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