The Real Crime Isn’t Shoplifting—It’s Wage Theft
The Real Crime Isn’t Shoplifting—It’s Wage Theft
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The Real Crime Isn’t Shoplifting—It’s Wage Theft
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Credit to @cerement for uploading the image ::: spoiler Image description [Image description: A graph comparing the relative costs of different types of theft represented as area of a rectangle, with categories and dollar amounts in text:
Wage Theft (when employers steal from employees) Minimum wage violations $23.20 billion Overtime violations $8.80 billion Rest Break violations $4.0 billion Off-the-clock violations $3.20 billion Other types of theft Larceny $5.30 billion Burglary $4.10 billion Auto Theft $3.80 billion Robbery $0.34 billion * all $ amounts are per year ** all data is for the U.S.] :::
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Seems like the discussion started early in this post, usually that results in more comments. Please keep the rules in the sidebar in your mind before you comment. I would like to point a some that might be relevant:
- be constructive & empathic
- do not derail discussions with your concerns about morality or ethics
You can always use the pinned post Why a(nother) shoplifting community to talk about why you think stealing is wrong.
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Both. Both are crimes and harm everyone.
I don't get particularly angry at shoplifters, but as someone who's hours were cut multiple times due to high levels of shrink in the past, it absolutely effects the employees
Yeah it does. You rely entirely on the average person not being an absolute dick to get away with your supposedly moral ideal.
The moment more than like 25 percent of people think shoplifting is a good idea is the moment we can't buy anything except from Amazon or the Walmart app and all grocery stores become delivery centers.
Not really at the same level, though.